#42167D#42167D

#42167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.158 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42167D
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.88, 42.70, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.88, 65.39, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.069 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.158 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2344, 3.2126, 19.6897)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42167D #517D16

analogous

#161E7D #42167D #76167D

triadic

#42167D #7D4216 #167D42

tetradic

#42167D #7D161E #517D16 #167D76

square

#42167D #7D161E #517D16 #167D76

split-complementary

#42167D #7D7616 #1E7D16

monochromatic

#0E051A #270D49 #42167D #5D1FB1 #7A32DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#42167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#42167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42167D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42167D	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.158 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d59a4',
    500: '#42167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42167d;
$custom-light: #7d59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.631,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33743,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42167D

secondary

#80B23D

accent

#ED3BA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42167D

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

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