#42166E#42166E

#42166E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.141 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42166E
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 38.72, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 57.27, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(32.32% 0.0736 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(32.32% 0.141 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3475, 2.8578, 15.0187)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42166E #426E16

analogous

#16166E #42166E #6E166E

triadic

#42166E #6E4216 #166E42

tetradic

#42166E #6E1616 #426E16 #166E6E

square

#42166E #6E1616 #426E16 #166E6E

split-complementary

#42166E #6E6E16 #166E16

monochromatic

#0F051A #230C3B #42166E #6120A1 #7F2AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#42166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#42166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42166E

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42166E	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.141 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5998',
    500: '#42166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42166e;
$custom-light: #7b5998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32325,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42166E

secondary

#70A43C

accent

#EA3E94

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42166E

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

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