#42176F#42176F

#42176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.141 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42176F
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.72, 38.53, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.72, 57.31, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.53% 0.0724 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(32.53% 0.141 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4217, 2.9187, 15.3136)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42176F #446F17

analogous

#17186F #42176F #6E176F

triadic

#42176F #6F4217 #176F42

tetradic

#42176F #6F1718 #446F17 #176F6E

square

#42176F #6F1718 #446F17 #176F6E

split-complementary

#42176F #6F6E17 #186F17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #240C3C #42176F #6022A2 #7E2DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#42176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#42176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42176F

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42176F	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.141 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5999',
    500: '#42176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42176f;
$custom-light: #7b5999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.318,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32528,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42176F

secondary

#72A53D

accent

#E93F96

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42176F

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

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