#42166C#42166C

#42166C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.139 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42166C
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.29, 38.20, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.29, 56.17, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(32.14% 0.0741 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(32.14% 0.139 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2398, 2.8148, 14.4517)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42166C #406C16

analogous

#17166C #42166C #6C166B

triadic

#42166C #6C4216 #166C42

tetradic

#42166C #6C1716 #406C16 #166B6C

square

#42166C #6C1716 #406C16 #166B6C

split-complementary

#42166C #6B6C16 #166C17

monochromatic

#100519 #230C39 #42166C #61209F #802BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#42166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#42166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42166C

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42166C	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.139 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5897',
    500: '#42166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42166c;
$custom-light: #7b5897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32144,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42166C

secondary

#6EA23C

accent

#E93F92

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42166C

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

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