#42176C#42176C

#42176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.138 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42176C
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 37.74, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 55.66, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(32.26% 0.0732 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(32.26% 0.138 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2593, 2.8537, 14.4582)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42176C #416C17

analogous

#18176C #42176C #6C176B

triadic

#42176C #6C4217 #176C42

tetradic

#42176C #6C1817 #416C17 #176B6C

square

#42176C #6C1817 #416C17 #176B6C

split-complementary

#42176C #6B6C17 #176C18

monochromatic

#0F0519 #230C3A #42176C #61229E #802CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#42176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#42176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42176C

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42176C	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.138 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5997',
    500: '#42176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42176c;
$custom-light: #7b5997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32258,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42176C

secondary

#6FA23D

accent

#E84093

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42176C

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

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