#642AA9#642AA9

#642AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.189 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#642AA9
RGB	rgb(100, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 50.92, -57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 77.01, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.092 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.189 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2431, 7.2297, 38.2262)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#642AA9 #6FA92A

analogous

#2A2FA9 #642AA9 #A42AA9

triadic

#642AA9 #A9642A #2AA964

tetradic

#642AA9 #A92A2F #6FA92A #2AA9A4

square

#642AA9 #A92A2F #6FA92A #2AA9A4

split-complementary

#642AA9 #A9A42A #2FA92A

monochromatic

#2A1247 #471E78 #642AA9 #8241D0 #A272DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#642AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#642AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #642AA9

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##642AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##642AA9	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #642aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.189 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#976ac4',
    500: '#642aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #642aa9;
$custom-light: #976ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#642aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.402,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43949,
    "c": 0.189,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#642AA9

secondary

#9BC36C

accent

#E3449B

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #642AA9

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

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