#42216B#42216B

#42216B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.123 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42216B
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 107)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 69.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 32.24, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 49.35, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0621 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.123 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4438, 3.3075, 14.2587)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42216B #4A6B21

analogous

#21256B #42216B #67216B

triadic

#42216B #6B4221 #216B42

tetradic

#42216B #6B2125 #4A6B21 #216B67

square

#42216B #6B2125 #4A6B21 #216B67

split-complementary

#42216B #6B6721 #256B21

monochromatic

#0E0717 #25133C #42216B #5F2F9A #7C42C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#42216B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#42216B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42216B

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42216B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42216B	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42216b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.123 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f96',
    500: '#42216b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42216b;
$custom-light: #7a5f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42216b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.757,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33504,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42216B

secondary

#799F49

accent

#DC4C9C

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42216B

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

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