#42167C#42167C

#42167C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.157 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42167C
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 82.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.78, 42.43, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.78, 64.85, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.65% 0.0694 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(33.65% 0.157 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1708, 3.1872, 19.3549)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42167C #507C16

analogous

#161D7C #42167C #75167C

triadic

#42167C #7C4216 #167C42

tetradic

#42167C #7C161D #507C16 #167C75

square

#42167C #7C161D #507C16 #167C75

split-complementary

#42167C #7C7516 #1D7C16

monochromatic

#0E051A #260D48 #42167C #5E1FB0 #7B32DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#42167C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#42167C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42167C

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42167C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42167C	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42167c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.157 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d59a3',
    500: '#42167c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42167c;
$custom-light: #7d59a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42167c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33646,
    "c": 0.15674,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42167C

secondary

#7FB13D

accent

#ED3BA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42167C

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

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