#42156F#42156F

#42156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.143 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42156F
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 39.43, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 58.30, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0743 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.143 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3835, 2.8422, 15.3008)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42156F #426F15

analogous

#15156F #42156F #6F156F

triadic

#42156F #6F4215 #156F42

tetradic

#42156F #6F1515 #426F15 #156F6F

square

#42156F #6F1515 #426F15 #156F6F

split-complementary

#42156F #6F6F15 #156F15

monochromatic

#0F051A #230B3C #42156F #611FA2 #7F28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#42156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#42156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42156F

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42156F	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.143 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5899',
    500: '#42156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42156f;
$custom-light: #7b5899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32308,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42156F

secondary

#70A53A

accent

#EB3D94

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42156F

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

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