#42198D#42198D

#42198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.173 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42198D
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 45.76, -56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 72.50, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0613 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.173 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4007, 3.7763, 25.5331)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42198D #648D19

analogous

#192A8D #42198D #7C198D

triadic

#42198D #8D4219 #198D42

tetradic

#42198D #8D192A #648D19 #198D7C

square

#42198D #8D192A #648D19 #198D7C

split-complementary

#42198D #8D7C19 #2A8D19

monochromatic

#110725 #2A1059 #42198D #5A22C1 #7A43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#42198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#42198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42198D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42198D	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.173 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5caf',
    500: '#42198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42198d;
$custom-light: #7f5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.207,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35644,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42198D

secondary

#93BF43

accent

#ED3BAE

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42198D

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

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