#42169E#42169E

#42169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.194 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42169E
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 51.56, -64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 82.50, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0568 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.194 287)
XYZ	xyz(8.7034, 4.2002, 32.6932)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42169E #729E16

analogous

#162E9E #42169E #86169E

triadic

#42169E #9E4216 #169E42

tetradic

#42169E #9E162E #729E16 #169E86

square

#42169E #9E162E #729E16 #169E86

split-complementary

#42169E #9E8616 #2E9E16

monochromatic

#150733 #2C0F68 #42169E #581DD4 #7C49E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#42169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#42169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42169E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42169E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.194 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825cbc',
    500: '#42169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42169e;
$custom-light: #825cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37149,
    "c": 0.19396,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.04201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42169E

secondary

#9EC749

accent

#F236B5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #42169E

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

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