#42177F#42177F

#42177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.159 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42177F
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 42.81, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 65.99, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.0676 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.159 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3829, 3.3032, 20.3758)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42177F #547F17

analogous

#17207F #42177F #76177F

triadic

#42177F #7F4217 #177F42

tetradic

#42177F #7F1720 #547F17 #177F76

square

#42177F #7F1720 #547F17 #177F76

split-complementary

#42177F #7F7617 #207F17

monochromatic

#0D051A #270E4B #42177F #5D20B3 #7A36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#42177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#42177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42177F

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42177F	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.159 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aa5',
    500: '#42177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42177f;
$custom-light: #7d5aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.808,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34041,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42177F

secondary

#83B43E

accent

#EC3CA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42177F

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

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