#42176E#42176E

#42176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.140 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42176E
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 38.26, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 56.76, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(32.44% 0.0727 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(32.44% 0.14 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3669, 2.8968, 15.0252)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42176E #436E17

analogous

#17176E #42176E #6D176E

triadic

#42176E #6E4217 #176E42

tetradic

#42176E #6E1717 #436E17 #176E6D

square

#42176E #6E1717 #436E17 #176E6D

split-complementary

#42176E #6E6D17 #176E17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #240C3B #42176E #6022A1 #7F2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#42176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#42176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42176E

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42176E	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.140 301.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32438,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42176E

secondary

#71A43D

accent

#E83F95

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42176E

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

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