#42217F#42217F

#42217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.148 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42217F
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 37.95, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 60.75, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0587 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.148 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6203, 3.7781, 20.4550)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42217F #5E7F21

analogous

#212F7F #42217F #71217F

triadic

#42217F #7F4221 #217F42

tetradic

#42217F #7F212F #5E7F21 #217F71

square

#42217F #7F212F #5E7F21 #217F71

split-complementary

#42217F #7F7121 #2F7F21

monochromatic

#10081E #29144E #42217F #5B2EB0 #794AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#42217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#42217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42217F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42217F	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)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.148 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5fa5',
    500: '#42217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42217f;
$custom-light: #7d5fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.064,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35239,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42217F

secondary

#8DB24A

accent

#E246AB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42217F

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

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