#42196D#42196D

#42196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.136 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42196D
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.87, 37.04, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.87, 55.16, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(32.58% 0.0709 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(32.58% 0.136 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3540, 2.9576, 14.7538)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42196D #446D19

analogous

#191A6D #42196D #6C196D

triadic

#42196D #6D4219 #196D42

tetradic

#42196D #6D191A #446D19 #196D6C

square

#42196D #6D191A #446D19 #196D6C

split-complementary

#42196D #6D6C19 #1A6D19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #240E3B #42196D #60249F #7E31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#42196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#42196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42196D

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42196D	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.136 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a98',
    500: '#42196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42196d;
$custom-light: #7b5a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.286,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32585,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42196D

secondary

#72A23F

accent

#E64296

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42196D

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

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