#42216C#42216C

#42216C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.124 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42216C
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 108)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 32.52, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 49.93, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.062 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.124 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4967, 3.3286, 14.5373)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42216C #4B6C21

analogous

#21266C #42216C #67216C

triadic

#42216C #6C4221 #216C42

tetradic

#42216C #6C2126 #4B6C21 #216C67

square

#42216C #6C2126 #4B6C21 #216C67

split-complementary

#42216C #6C6721 #266C21

monochromatic

#0E0717 #25133D #42216C #5F2F9B #7C42C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#42216C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42216C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42216C

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42216C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42216C	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42216c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.124 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f97',
    500: '#42216c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42216c;
$custom-light: #7a5f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42216c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33586,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42216C

secondary

#7AA049

accent

#DD4B9D

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42216C

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

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