#42186A#42186A

#42186A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.134 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42186A
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 106)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 77.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.44, 36.73, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.44, 54.03, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(32.2% 0.0726 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(32.2% 0.134 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1743, 2.8521, 13.9108)
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

#42186A #406A18

analogous

#19186A #42186A #6A1869

triadic

#42186A #6A4218 #186A42

tetradic

#42186A #6A1918 #406A18 #18696A

square

#42186A #6A1918 #406A18 #18696A

split-complementary

#42186A #696A18 #186A19

monochromatic

#100619 #230D38 #42186A #61239C #802FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#42186A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#42186A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42186A

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42186A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42186A	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)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42186a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.134 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5995',
    500: '#42186a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42186a;
$custom-light: #7b5995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42186a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32199,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42186A

secondary

#6EA03E

accent

#E64292

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42186A

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

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