#42216D#42216D

#42216D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.126 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42216D
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 109)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.39, 32.80, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.39, 50.50, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(33.67% 0.0619 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(33.67% 0.126 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5503, 3.3500, 14.8192)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42216D #4C6D21

analogous

#21266D #42216D #68216D

triadic

#42216D #6D4221 #216D42

tetradic

#42216D #6D2126 #4C6D21 #216D68

square

#42216D #6D2126 #4C6D21 #216D68

split-complementary

#42216D #6D6821 #266D21

monochromatic

#0E0717 #26133E #42216D #5E2F9C #7C42C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#42216D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42216D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42216D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42216D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42216D	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42216d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.126 299.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42216d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.053,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33669,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42216D

secondary

#7BA149

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42216D

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

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