#42196F#42196F

#42196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.139 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42196F
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.05, 37.58, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.05, 56.27, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(32.76% 0.0704 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(32.76% 0.139 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4629, 3.0012, 15.3273)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42196F #466F19

analogous

#191B6F #42196F #6D196F

triadic

#42196F #6F4219 #196F42

tetradic

#42196F #6F191B #466F19 #196F6D

square

#42196F #6F191B #466F19 #196F6D

split-complementary

#42196F #6F6D19 #1B6F19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #240E3D #42196F #6024A1 #7E32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#42196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#42196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42196F

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42196F	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.139 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a99',
    500: '#42196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42196f;
$custom-light: #7b5a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.605,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32763,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42196F

secondary

#74A43F

accent

#E64298

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42196F

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

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