#642EA7#642EA7

#642EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.182 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#642EA7
RGB	rgb(100, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 48.55, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 73.94, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.0886 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.182 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2058, 7.4532, 37.2946)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#642EA7 #71A72E

analogous

#2E34A7 #642EA7 #A12EA7

triadic

#642EA7 #A7642E #2EA764

tetradic

#642EA7 #A72E34 #71A72E #2EA7A1

square

#642EA7 #A72E34 #71A72E #2EA7A1

split-complementary

#642EA7 #A7A12E #34A72E

monochromatic

#2B1447 #472177 #642EA7 #8246CC #A276D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#642EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#642EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #642EA7

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##642EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##642EA7	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #642ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.182 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#966cc2',
    500: '#642ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #642ea7;
$custom-light: #966cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#642ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.777,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44246,
    "c": 0.18224,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#642EA7

secondary

#9DC170

accent

#E0489C

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #642EA7

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

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