#42186B#42186B

#42186B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.135 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42186B
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.53, 37.00, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.53, 54.59, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(32.29% 0.0724 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(32.29% 0.135 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2266, 2.8730, 14.1863)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42186B #416B18

analogous

#18186B #42186B #6B186A

triadic

#42186B #6B4218 #186B42

tetradic

#42186B #6B1818 #416B18 #186A6B

square

#42186B #6B1818 #416B18 #186A6B

split-complementary

#42186B #6A6B18 #186B18

monochromatic

#0F0619 #230D39 #42186B #61239D #802ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#42186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#42186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42186B

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42186B	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.135 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5996',
    500: '#42186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42186b;
$custom-light: #7b5996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32287,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42186B

secondary

#6FA13E

accent

#E64193

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42186B

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

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