#42156E#42156E

#42156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.142 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42156E
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.31, 39.17, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.31, 57.76, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(32.22% 0.0745 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(32.22% 0.142 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3287, 2.8203, 15.0125)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42156E #416E15

analogous

#15156E #42156E #6E156D

triadic

#42156E #6E4215 #156E42

tetradic

#42156E #6E1515 #416E15 #156D6E

square

#42156E #6E1515 #416E15 #156D6E

split-complementary

#42156E #6D6E15 #156E15

monochromatic

#0F051A #230B3B #42156E #611FA1 #8029D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#42156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#42156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42156E

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42156E	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.142 301.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32216,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42156E

secondary

#6FA43A

accent

#EB3D93

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42156E

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

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