#42216E#42216E

#42216E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.127 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42216E
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 110)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 70%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 33.08, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 51.08, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0618 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.127 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6044, 3.3717, 15.1044)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42216E #4D6E21

analogous

#21276E #42216E #68216E

triadic

#42216E #6E4221 #216E42

tetradic

#42216E #6E2127 #4D6E21 #216E68

square

#42216E #6E2127 #4D6E21 #216E68

split-complementary

#42216E #6E6821 #276E21

monochromatic

#0E0718 #26133F #42216E #5E2F9D #7B43C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#42216E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42216E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42216E

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42216E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42216E	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42216e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.127 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f98',
    500: '#42216e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42216e;
$custom-light: #7a5f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42216e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33752,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42216E

secondary

#7CA249

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42216E

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

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