#42217D#42217D

#42217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.146 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42217D
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 37.37, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 59.62, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0591 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.146 294)
XYZ	xyz(6.4913, 3.7264, 19.7753)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42217D #5C7D21

analogous

#212E7D #42217D #70217D

triadic

#42217D #7D4221 #217D42

tetradic

#42217D #7D212E #5C7D21 #217D70

square

#42217D #7D212E #5C7D21 #217D70

split-complementary

#42217D #7D7021 #2E7D21

monochromatic

#0F071C #28144D #42217D #5C2EAD #7949CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#42217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#42217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42217D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42217D	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.146 294.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.522,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35057,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.03727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42217D

secondary

#8BB04A

accent

#E146AA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42217D

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

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