#642C8E#642C8E

#642C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.157 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#642C8E
RGB	rgb(100, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 43.28, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 61.87, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.0947 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.157 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0377, 6.4638, 26.2521)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#642C8E #568E2C

analogous

#332C8E #642C8E #8E2C87

triadic

#642C8E #8E642C #2C8E64

tetradic

#642C8E #8E332C #568E2C #2C878E

square

#642C8E #8E332C #568E2C #2C878E

split-complementary

#642C8E #878E2C #2C8E33

monochromatic

#220F31 #431E5F #642C8E #853ABD #A265CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#642C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#642C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #642C8E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##642C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##642C8E	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #642c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.157 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9469b0',
    500: '#642c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #642c8e;
$custom-light: #9469b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#642c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42031,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#642C8E

secondary

#85B660

accent

#DC4C8A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #642C8E

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

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