#42167F#42167F

#42167F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.160 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42167F
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 82.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.07, 43.23, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.07, 66.45, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.0683 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.16 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3634, 3.2642, 20.3693)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42167F #537F16

analogous

#161E7F #42167F #77167F

triadic

#42167F #7F4216 #167F42

tetradic

#42167F #7F161E #537F16 #167F77

square

#42167F #7F161E #537F16 #167F77

split-complementary

#42167F #7F7716 #1E7F16

monochromatic

#0E051A #270D4B #42167F #5D1FB3 #7A34DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#42167F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#42167F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42167F

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42167F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42167F	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42167f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.160 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5aa5',
    500: '#42167f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42167f;
$custom-light: #7e5aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42167f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33939,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42167F

secondary

#82B43D

accent

#ED3BA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42167F

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

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