#42167B#42167B

#42167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.156 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42167B
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.68, 42.16, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.68, 64.31, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0697 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.156 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1079, 3.1620, 19.0236)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42167B #4F7B16

analogous

#161C7B #42167B #74167B

triadic

#42167B #7B4216 #167B42

tetradic

#42167B #7B161C #4F7B16 #167B74

square

#42167B #7B161C #4F7B16 #167B74

split-complementary

#42167B #7B7416 #1C7B16

monochromatic

#0E051A #260D47 #42167B #5E1FAF #7B31DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#42167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#42167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42167B

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42167B	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.156 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d59a2',
    500: '#42167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42167b;
$custom-light: #7d59a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.139,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33549,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42167B

secondary

#7EB03D

accent

#EC3B9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42167B

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

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