#42165B#42165B

#42165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.120 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42165B
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.86, 33.87, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.86, 46.79, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(30.69% 0.0776 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(30.69% 0.12 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4216, 2.4875, 10.1427)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42165B #2F5B16

analogous

#20165B #42165B #5B1652

triadic

#42165B #5B4216 #165B42

tetradic

#42165B #5B2016 #2F5B16 #16525B

square

#42165B #5B2016 #2F5B16 #16525B

split-complementary

#42165B #525B16 #165B20

monochromatic

#120619 #1E0A2A #42165B #66228C #892EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.02

#42165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42165B

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42165B	1.00	14.02	1.50	14.02
#FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.120 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79588a',
    500: '#42165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42165b;
$custom-light: #79588a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30689,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42165B

secondary

#5A923B

accent

#E4447E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42165B

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

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