#42185E#42185E

#42185E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.120 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42185E
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 33.63, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 47.34, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(31.18% 0.0748 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(31.18% 0.12 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5934, 2.6197, 10.8512)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42185E #345E18

analogous

#1F185E #42185E #5E1857

triadic

#42185E #5E4218 #185E42

tetradic

#42185E #5E1F18 #345E18 #18575E

square

#42185E #5E1F18 #345E18 #18575E

split-complementary

#42185E #575E18 #185E1F

monochromatic

#110618 #200C2D #42185E #64248F #8631C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#42185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#42185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42185E

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42185E	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.120 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79598c',
    500: '#42185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42185e;
$custom-light: #79598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31184,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42185E

secondary

#60943D

accent

#E34584

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42185E

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

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