#42197E#42197E

#42197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.156 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42197E
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.43, 41.65, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.43, 64.49, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.0663 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.156 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3593, 3.3597, 20.0480)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42197E #557E19

analogous

#19237E #42197E #74197E

triadic

#42197E #7E4219 #197E42

tetradic

#42197E #7E1923 #557E19 #197E74

square

#42197E #7E1923 #557E19 #197E74

split-complementary

#42197E #7E7419 #237E19

monochromatic

#0D051A #270F4B #42197E #5D23B1 #7A3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#42197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42197E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42197E	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.156 295.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.356,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34159,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42197E

secondary

#84B241

accent

#EA3EA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42197E

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

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