#42196E#42196E

#42196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.138 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42196E
RGB	rgb(66, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.96, 37.31, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.96, 55.72, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(32.67% 0.0707 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(32.67% 0.138 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4082, 2.9793, 15.0390)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42196E #456E19

analogous

#191B6E #42196E #6D196E

triadic

#42196E #6E4219 #196E42

tetradic

#42196E #6E191B #456E19 #196E6D

square

#42196E #6E191B #456E19 #196E6D

split-complementary

#42196E #6E6D19 #1B6E19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #240E3C #42196E #6024A0 #7E31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#42196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#42196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42196E

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42196E	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.138 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a98',
    500: '#42196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42196e;
$custom-light: #7b5a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.941,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32674,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42196E

secondary

#73A33F

accent

#E64297

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42196E

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

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