#42165D#42165D

#42165D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.122 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42165D
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.02, 34.37, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.02, 47.89, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(30.85% 0.0773 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(30.85% 0.122 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5091, 2.5225, 10.6032)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42165D #315D16

analogous

#1E165D #42165D #5D1654

triadic

#42165D #5D4216 #165D42

tetradic

#42165D #5D1E16 #315D16 #16545D

square

#42165D #5D1E16 #315D16 #16545D

split-complementary

#42165D #545D16 #165D1E

monochromatic

#120619 #1F0A2C #42165D #65228E #882DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#42165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42165D

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42165D	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.122 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a588b',
    500: '#42165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42165d;
$custom-light: #7a588b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.183,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30852,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42165D

secondary

#5D943B

accent

#E54381

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42165D

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

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