#42116C#42116C

#42116C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.144 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42116C
RGB	rgb(66, 17, 108)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 84.3%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 40.33, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 58.50, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(31.63% 0.0786 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(31.63% 0.144 303)
XYZ	xyz(5.1533, 2.6419, 14.4229)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42116C #3B6C11

analogous

#15116C #42116C #6C1169

triadic

#42116C #6C4211 #116C42

tetradic

#42116C #6C1511 #3B6C11 #11696C

square

#42116C #6C1511 #3B6C11 #11696C

split-complementary

#42116C #696C11 #116C15

monochromatic

#10041A #220937 #42116C #6219A1 #8322D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#42116C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#42116C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42116C

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42116C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42116C	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42116c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 17, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.144 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5697',
    500: '#42116c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42116c;
$custom-light: #7b5697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42116c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 72.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31628,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.02642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42116C

secondary

#68A435

accent

#EF388D

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42116C

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

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