#42187E#42187E

#42187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.157 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42187E
RGBrgb(66, 24, 126)
HSLhsl(265, 68%, 29%)
HSVhsv(265, 81%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(47.6%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(21.27, 42.10, -49.50)
CIE-LCHlch(21.27, 64.98, 310.38°)
OKLaboklab(34.05% 0.0671 -0.1419)
OKLCHoklch(34.05% 0.157 295.3)
XYZxyz(6.3383, 3.3177, 20.0410)
Luminance0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42187E #547E18
analogous
#18217E #42187E #75187E
triadic
#42187E #7E4218 #187E42
tetradic
#42187E #7E1821 #547E18 #187E75
square
#42187E #7E1821 #547E18 #187E75
split-complementary
#42187E #7E7518 #217E18
monochromatic
#0D051A #270E4B #42187E #5D22B1 #7A37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62
#42187E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66
#42187E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42187E
12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42187E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##42187E1.0012.621.6612.62
#FFFFFF12.621.0021.001.00
#0000001.6621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003481
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00317C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31354B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.157 295.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aa4',
    500: '#42187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42187e;
$custom-light: #7d5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3405,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42187E
secondary
#83B23F
accent
#EB3DA3
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0A040F
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#42187E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva