#42197D#42197D

#42197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.155 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42197D
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 41.37, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 63.95, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0666 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.155 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2951, 3.3340, 19.7099)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42197D #547D19

analogous

#19227D #42197D #74197D

triadic

#42197D #7D4219 #197D42

tetradic

#42197D #7D1922 #547D19 #197D74

square

#42197D #7D1922 #547D19 #197D74

split-complementary

#42197D #7D7419 #227D19

monochromatic

#0D051A #270F4A #42197D #5D23B0 #7A39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#42197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42197D

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42197D	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.155 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ba4',
    500: '#42197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42197d;
$custom-light: #7d5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34063,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42197D

secondary

#83B140

accent

#EA3EA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42197D

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

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