#42187F#42187F

#42187F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.158 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42187F
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 127)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 81.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.37, 42.37, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.37, 65.52, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0668 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.158 295)
XYZ	xyz(6.4031, 3.3436, 20.3826)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42187F #557F18

analogous

#18227F #42187F #76187F

triadic

#42187F #7F4218 #187F42

tetradic

#42187F #7F1822 #557F18 #187F76

square

#42187F #7F1822 #557F18 #187F76

split-complementary

#42187F #7F7618 #227F18

monochromatic

#0D051A #270E4C #42187F #5D22B2 #7A38D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#42187F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42187F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42187F

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42187F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42187F	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42187f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.158 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ba5',
    500: '#42187f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42187f;
$custom-light: #7d5ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42187f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.466,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34147,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.03344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42187F

secondary

#84B33F

accent

#EB3DA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42187F

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

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