#42187D#42187D

#42187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.156 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42187D
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 41.83, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 64.44, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0674 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.156 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2741, 3.2920, 19.7029)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42187D #537D18

analogous

#18217D #42187D #75187D

triadic

#42187D #7D4218 #187D42

tetradic

#42187D #7D1821 #537D18 #187D75

square

#42187D #7D1821 #537D18 #187D75

split-complementary

#42187D #7D7518 #217D18

monochromatic

#0E051A #270E4A #42187D #5D22B0 #7A37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#42187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#42187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42187D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42187D	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.156 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aa4',
    500: '#42187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42187d;
$custom-light: #7d5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33953,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42187D

secondary

#82B23F

accent

#EB3DA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42187D

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

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