#642E8E#642E8E

#642E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.154 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#642E8E
RGB	rgb(100, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 42.27, -43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 60.75, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.0924 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.154 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1140, 6.6164, 26.2775)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#642E8E #588E2E

analogous

#342E8E #642E8E #8E2E88

triadic

#642E8E #8E642E #2E8E64

tetradic

#642E8E #8E342E #588E2E #2E888E

square

#642E8E #8E342E #588E2E #2E888E

split-complementary

#642E8E #888E2E #2E8E34

monochromatic

#231032 #431F60 #642E8E #853DBC #A268CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#642E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#642E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #642E8E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##642E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##642E8E	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #642e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.154 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#946bb0',
    500: '#642e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #642e8e;
$custom-light: #946bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#642e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42292,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#642E8E

secondary

#87B563

accent

#DB4D8B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #642E8E

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

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