#42196C#42196C

#42196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.135 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42196C
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.79, 36.78, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.79, 54.61, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% 0.0711 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.135 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3005, 2.9362, 14.4719)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42196C #436C19

analogous

#19196C #42196C #6B196C

triadic

#42196C #6C4219 #196C42

tetradic

#42196C #6C1919 #436C19 #196C6B

square

#42196C #6C1919 #436C19 #196C6B

split-complementary

#42196C #6C6B19 #196C19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #240D3A #42196C #60259E #7F30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#42196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#42196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42196C

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42196C	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.135 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a97',
    500: '#42196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42196c;
$custom-light: #7b5a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.639,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32496,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42196C

secondary

#71A13F

accent

#E54295

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42196C

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

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