#42156A#42156A

#42156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.138 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42156A
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.95, 38.13, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.95, 55.57, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(31.85% 0.0756 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(31.85% 0.138 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1158, 2.7352, 13.8913)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42156A #3D6A15

analogous

#18156A #42156A #6A1567

triadic

#42156A #6A4215 #156A42

tetradic

#42156A #6A1815 #3D6A15 #15676A

square

#42156A #6A1815 #3D6A15 #15676A

split-complementary

#42156A #676A15 #156A18

monochromatic

#10051A #220B37 #42156A #621F9D #8229D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#42156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42156A

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42156A	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.138 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5895',
    500: '#42156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42156a;
$custom-light: #7b5895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31853,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42156A

secondary

#6AA13A

accent

#EA3E8F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42156A

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

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