#42186F#42186F

#42186F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.140 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42186F
RGB	rgb(66, 24, 111)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.88, 38.06, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.88, 56.80, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(32.64% 0.0714 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(32.64% 0.14 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4419, 2.9592, 15.3203)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42186F #456F18

analogous

#18196F #42186F #6E186F

triadic

#42186F #6F4218 #186F42

tetradic

#42186F #6F1819 #456F18 #186F6E

square

#42186F #6F1819 #456F18 #186F6E

split-complementary

#42186F #6F6E18 #196F18

monochromatic

#0F0519 #240D3D #42186F #6023A1 #7E2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#42186F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#42186F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42186F

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42186F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42186F	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42186f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 24, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.140 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a99',
    500: '#42186f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42186f;
$custom-light: #7b5a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42186f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32644,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42186F

secondary

#73A53E

accent

#E74097

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42186F

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

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