#42198E#42198E

#42198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.174 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42198E
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 46.04, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 73.03, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.061 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.174 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4755, 3.8062, 25.9267)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42198E #658E19

analogous

#192A8E #42198E #7D198E

triadic

#42198E #8E4219 #198E42

tetradic

#42198E #8E192A #658E19 #198E7D

square

#42198E #8E192A #658E19 #198E7D

split-complementary

#42198E #8E7D19 #2A8E19

monochromatic

#120726 #2A105A #42198E #5A22C2 #7A43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#42198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#42198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42198E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42198E	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.174 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805cb0',
    500: '#42198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42198e;
$custom-light: #805cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35746,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42198E

secondary

#94BF44

accent

#ED3BAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #42198E

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

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