#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
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.27, 42.10, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.27, 64.98, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0671 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.157 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3383, 3.3177, 20.0410)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##42187E	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42187E

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

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