#42186E#42186E

#42186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.139 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42186E
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.79, 37.79, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.79, 56.25, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(32.55% 0.0717 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(32.55% 0.139 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3872, 2.9373, 15.0320)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42186E #446E18

analogous

#18196E #42186E #6D186E

triadic

#42186E #6E4218 #186E42

tetradic

#42186E #6E1819 #446E18 #186E6D

square

#42186E #6E1819 #446E18 #186E6D

split-complementary

#42186E #6E6D18 #196E18

monochromatic

#0F0519 #240D3C #42186E #6023A0 #7E2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#42186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#42186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42186E

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42186E	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.139 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a98',
    500: '#42186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42186e;
$custom-light: #7b5a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32554,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42186E

secondary

#72A43E

accent

#E74196

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42186E

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

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