#42216F#42216F

#42216F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.128 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42216F
RGB	rgb(66, 33, 111)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.56, 33.36, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.56, 51.66, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0616 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.128 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6591, 3.3936, 15.3927)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42216F #4E6F21

analogous

#21276F #42216F #69216F

triadic

#42216F #6F4221 #216F42

tetradic

#42216F #6F2127 #4E6F21 #216F69

square

#42216F #6F2127 #4E6F21 #216F69

split-complementary

#42216F #6F6921 #276F21

monochromatic

#0E0718 #261340 #42216F #5E2F9E #7B43C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#42216F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#42216F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42216F

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42216F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42216F	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42216f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 33, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.128 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5f99',
    500: '#42216f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42216f;
$custom-light: #7b5f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42216f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33836,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42216F

secondary

#7DA349

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42216F

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

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