#42186C#42186C

#42186C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.137 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42186C
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 108)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 77.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.62, 37.26, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.62, 55.14, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0722 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.137 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2795, 2.8942, 14.4649)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42186C #426C18

analogous

#18186C #42186C #6C186C

triadic

#42186C #6C4218 #186C42

tetradic

#42186C #6C1818 #426C18 #186C6C

square

#42186C #6C1818 #426C18 #186C6C

split-complementary

#42186C #6C6C18 #186C18

monochromatic

#0F0619 #230D3A #42186C #61239E #7F2ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#42186C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#42186C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42186C

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#002F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42186c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.137 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5997',
    500: '#42186c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42186c;
$custom-light: #7b5997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42186c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32375,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42186C

secondary

#70A23E

accent

#E74194

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42186C

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

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