#42167E#42167E

#42167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.159 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42167E
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 42.96, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 65.92, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0687 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.159 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2986, 3.2383, 20.0278)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42167E #527E16

analogous

#161E7E #42167E #76167E

triadic

#42167E #7E4216 #167E42

tetradic

#42167E #7E161E #527E16 #167E76

square

#42167E #7E161E #527E16 #167E76

split-complementary

#42167E #7E7616 #1E7E16

monochromatic

#0E051A #270D4A #42167E #5D1FB2 #7A33DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#42167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#42167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42167E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42167E	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.159 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aa4',
    500: '#42167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42167e;
$custom-light: #7d5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33841,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42167E

secondary

#81B33D

accent

#ED3BA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42167E

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

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