#42197C#42197C

#42197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.154 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42197C
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 41.10, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 63.41, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0669 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.154 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2315, 3.3086, 19.3752)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42197C #537C19

analogous

#19227C #42197C #74197C

triadic

#42197C #7C4219 #197C42

tetradic

#42197C #7C1922 #537C19 #197C74

square

#42197C #7C1922 #537C19 #197C74

split-complementary

#42197C #7C7419 #227C19

monochromatic

#0E0519 #270F49 #42197C #5D23AF #7A38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#42197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#42197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42197C

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42197C	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.154 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ba3',
    500: '#42197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42197c;
$custom-light: #7d5ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33967,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42197C

secondary

#82B040

accent

#E93EA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42197C

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

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