#42165E#42165E

#42165E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.123 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42165E
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.10, 34.61, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.10, 48.45, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.0772 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.123 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5536, 2.5403, 10.8379)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42165E #325E16

analogous

#1E165E #42165E #5E1656

triadic

#42165E #5E4216 #165E42

tetradic

#42165E #5E1E16 #325E16 #16565E

square

#42165E #5E1E16 #325E16 #16565E

split-complementary

#42165E #565E16 #165E1E

monochromatic

#110619 #1F0A2C #42165E #652290 #882DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#42165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#42165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42165E

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42165E	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.123 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a588c',
    500: '#42165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42165e;
$custom-light: #7a588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30934,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42165E

secondary

#5E953B

accent

#E54382

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42165E

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

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