#42156C#42156C

#42156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.140 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42156C
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.13, 38.65, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.13, 56.67, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% 0.0751 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.14 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2211, 2.7773, 14.4455)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42156C #3F6C15

analogous

#16156C #42156C #6C156B

triadic

#42156C #6C4215 #156C42

tetradic

#42156C #6C1615 #3F6C15 #156B6C

square

#42156C #6C1615 #3F6C15 #156B6C

split-complementary

#42156C #6B6C15 #156C16

monochromatic

#10051A #230B39 #42156C #611F9F #8129D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#42156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#42156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42156C

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42156C	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.140 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5897',
    500: '#42156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42156c;
$custom-light: #7b5897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32033,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42156C

secondary

#6DA33A

accent

#EA3D91

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42156C

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

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