#642E8A#642E8A

#642E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.150 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#642E8A
RGB	rgb(100, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 41.30, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 58.62, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.0927 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.15 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8190, 6.4985, 24.7242)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#642E8A #548A2E

analogous

#362E8A #642E8A #8A2E82

triadic

#642E8A #8A642E #2E8A64

tetradic

#642E8A #8A362E #548A2E #2E828A

square

#642E8A #8A362E #548A2E #2E828A

split-complementary

#642E8A #828A2E #2E8A36

monochromatic

#210F2E #431F5C #642E8A #853DB8 #A266CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#642E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#642E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #642E8A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##642E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##642E8A	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #642e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.150 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936aad',
    500: '#642e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #642e8a;
$custom-light: #936aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#642e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.217,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42001,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#642E8A

secondary

#83B361

accent

#DA4E88

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #642E8A

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

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