#42197F#42197F

#42197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.157 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42197F
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 41.92, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 65.03, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.066 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.157 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4241, 3.3856, 20.3896)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42197F #567F19

analogous

#19237F #42197F #75197F

triadic

#42197F #7F4219 #197F42

tetradic

#42197F #7F1923 #567F19 #197F75

square

#42197F #7F1923 #567F19 #197F75

split-complementary

#42197F #7F7519 #237F19

monochromatic

#0D051A #270F4C #42197F #5D23B2 #7A3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#42197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#42197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42197F

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42197F	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.157 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ba5',
    500: '#42197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42197f;
$custom-light: #7d5ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34255,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42197F

secondary

#85B341

accent

#EA3EA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42197F

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

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