#42166F#42166F

#42166F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.142 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42166F
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 111)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 38.99, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 57.81, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.0733 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.142 301)
XYZ	xyz(5.4022, 2.8797, 15.3071)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42166F #436F16

analogous

#16166F #42166F #6E166F

triadic

#42166F #6F4216 #166F42

tetradic

#42166F #6F1616 #436F16 #166F6E

square

#42166F #6F1616 #436F16 #166F6E

split-complementary

#42166F #6F6E16 #166F16

monochromatic

#0F051A #240C3C #42166F #6020A2 #7F2BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#42166F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#42166F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42166F

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42166F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42166F	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42166f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.142 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5999',
    500: '#42166f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42166f;
$custom-light: #7b5999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42166f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32416,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.0288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42166F

secondary

#71A53C

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42166F

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

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