#42166A#42166A

#42166A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.137 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42166A
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.11, 37.68, -40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.11, 55.07, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(31.96% 0.0746 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(31.96% 0.137 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1346, 2.7727, 13.8975)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42166A #3E6A16

analogous

#18166A #42166A #6A1668

triadic

#42166A #6A4216 #166A42

tetradic

#42166A #6A1816 #3E6A16 #16686A

square

#42166A #6A1816 #3E6A16 #16686A

split-complementary

#42166A #686A16 #166A18

monochromatic

#100519 #220B37 #42166A #62219D #812BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.51

#42166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#42166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42166A

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42166A	1.00	13.51	1.55	13.51
#FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.137 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5895',
    500: '#42166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42166a;
$custom-light: #7b5895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31964,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42166A

secondary

#6BA03B

accent

#E93F90

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42166A

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

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