#42166D#42166D

#42166D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.140 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42166D
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.38, 38.46, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.38, 56.72, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(32.23% 0.0739 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(32.23% 0.14 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2933, 2.8362, 14.7336)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42166D #416D16

analogous

#17166D #42166D #6D166C

triadic

#42166D #6D4216 #166D42

tetradic

#42166D #6D1716 #416D16 #166C6D

square

#42166D #6D1716 #416D16 #166C6D

split-complementary

#42166D #6C6D16 #166D17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #230C3A #42166D #6120A0 #802BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#42166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#42166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42166D

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42166D	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.140 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5898',
    500: '#42166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42166d;
$custom-light: #7b5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32234,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42166D

secondary

#6FA33C

accent

#E93E93

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42166D

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

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