#42176A#42176A

#42176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.135 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42176A
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.27, 37.21, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.27, 54.56, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.08% 0.0736 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(32.08% 0.135 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1541, 2.8116, 13.9040)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42176A #3F6A17

analogous

#18176A #42176A #6A1768

triadic

#42176A #6A4217 #176A42

tetradic

#42176A #6A1817 #3F6A17 #17686A

square

#42176A #6A1817 #3F6A17 #17686A

split-complementary

#42176A #686A17 #176A18

monochromatic

#100519 #230C38 #42176A #61229C #812DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#42176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#42176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42176A

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42176A	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.135 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5995',
    500: '#42176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42176a;
$custom-light: #7b5995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.084,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3208,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42176A

secondary

#6DA03D

accent

#E74091

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42176A

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

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