#42197A#42197A

#42197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.151 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42197A
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 40.55, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 62.32, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0675 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.151 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1063, 3.2585, 18.7158)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42197A #517A19

analogous

#19217A #42197A #73197A

triadic

#42197A #7A4219 #197A42

tetradic

#42197A #7A1921 #517A19 #197A73

square

#42197A #7A1921 #517A19 #197A73

split-complementary

#42197A #7A7319 #217A19

monochromatic

#0E0519 #270F47 #42197A #5D23AD #7A37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#42197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#42197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42197A

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42197A	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.151 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ba1',
    500: '#42197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42197a;
$custom-light: #7d5ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33777,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42197A

secondary

#80AF40

accent

#E93FA1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42197A

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

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