#42177E#42177E

#42177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.158 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42177E
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 42.54, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 65.46, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.0679 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.158 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3180, 3.2772, 20.0343)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42177E #537E17

analogous

#171F7E #42177E #76177E

triadic

#42177E #7E4217 #177E42

tetradic

#42177E #7E171F #537E17 #177E76

square

#42177E #7E171F #537E17 #177E76

split-complementary

#42177E #7E7617 #1F7E17

monochromatic

#0E051A #270E4A #42177E #5D20B2 #7A35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#42177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#42177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42177E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42177E	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.158 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aa4',
    500: '#42177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42177e;
$custom-light: #7d5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33944,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42177E

secondary

#82B33E

accent

#EC3CA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42177E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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