#42217C#42217C

#42217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.144 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42217C
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 37.08, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 59.06, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0593 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.144 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4277, 3.7010, 19.4406)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42217C #5B7C21

analogous

#212D7C #42217C #6F217C

triadic

#42217C #7C4221 #217C42

tetradic

#42217C #7C212D #5B7C21 #217C6F

square

#42217C #7C212D #5B7C21 #217C6F

split-complementary

#42217C #7C6F21 #2D7C21

monochromatic

#0F071B #28144C #42217C #5C2EAC #7949CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#42217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#42217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42217C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42217C	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.144 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fa3',
    500: '#42217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42217c;
$custom-light: #7c5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.758,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34967,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42217C

secondary

#8AAF4A

accent

#E147A9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42217C

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

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