#42196A#42196A

#42196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.133 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42196A
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, 36.24, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 53.49, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.32% 0.0716 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(32.32% 0.133 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1953, 2.8941, 13.9178)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42196A #416A19

analogous

#19196A #42196A #6A1969

triadic

#42196A #6A4219 #196A42

tetradic

#42196A #6A1919 #416A19 #19696A

square

#42196A #6A1919 #416A19 #19696A

split-complementary

#42196A #696A19 #196A19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #230D38 #42196A #61259C #8030CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#42196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#42196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42196A

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42196A	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.133 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a95',
    500: '#42196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42196a;
$custom-light: #7b5a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.37,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32321,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42196A

secondary

#6FA03F

accent

#E54393

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42196A

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

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