#42196B#42196B

#42196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.134 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42196B
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 36.51, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 54.05, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(32.41% 0.0713 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(32.41% 0.134 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2476, 2.9150, 14.1933)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42196B #426B19

analogous

#19196B #42196B #6B196B

triadic

#42196B #6B4219 #196B42

tetradic

#42196B #6B1919 #426B19 #196B6B

square

#42196B #6B1919 #426B19 #196B6B

split-complementary

#42196B #6B6B19 #196B19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #230D39 #42196B #61259D #7F30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#42196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#42196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42196B

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42196B	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.134 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a96',
    500: '#42196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42196b;
$custom-light: #7b5a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32408,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42196B

secondary

#70A13F

accent

#E54394

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42196B

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

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