#42176D#42176D

#42176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.139 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42176D
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.54, 38.00, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.54, 56.21, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.35% 0.0729 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(32.35% 0.139 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3128, 2.8751, 14.7401)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42176D #426D17

analogous

#17176D #42176D #6D176D

triadic

#42176D #6D4217 #176D42

tetradic

#42176D #6D1717 #426D17 #176D6D

square

#42176D #6D1717 #426D17 #176D6D

split-complementary

#42176D #6D6D17 #176D17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #230C3A #42176D #6122A0 #7F2CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#42176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#42176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42176D

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42176D	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.139 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5998',
    500: '#42176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42176d;
$custom-light: #7b5998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32347,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42176D

secondary

#70A33D

accent

#E84094

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42176D

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

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