#42156D#42156D

#42156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.141 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42156D
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.22, 38.91, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.22, 57.21, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(32.12% 0.0748 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(32.12% 0.141 302)
XYZ	xyz(5.2746, 2.7987, 14.7273)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42156D #406D15

analogous

#16156D #42156D #6D156C

triadic

#42156D #6D4215 #156D42

tetradic

#42156D #6D1615 #406D15 #156C6D

square

#42156D #6D1615 #406D15 #156C6D

split-complementary

#42156D #6C6D15 #156D16

monochromatic

#10051A #230B3A #42156D #611FA0 #8029D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#42156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#42156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42156D

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42156D	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.141 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5898',
    500: '#42156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42156d;
$custom-light: #7b5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.682,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32124,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.02799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42156D

secondary

#6EA33A

accent

#EB3D92

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42156D

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

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