#42217A#42217A

#42217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.142 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42217A
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.48, 36.51, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.48, 57.93, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0597 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.142 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3025, 3.6509, 18.7812)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42217A #597A21

analogous

#212D7A #42217A #6E217A

triadic

#42217A #7A4221 #217A42

tetradic

#42217A #7A212D #597A21 #217A6E

square

#42217A #7A212D #597A21 #217A6E

split-complementary

#42217A #7A6E21 #2D7A21

monochromatic

#0E071A #28144A #42217A #5C2EAA #7948CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#42217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#42217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42217A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42217A	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.142 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fa1',
    500: '#42217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42217a;
$custom-light: #7c5fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.247,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34788,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42217A

secondary

#88AD4A

accent

#E147A8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42217A

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

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