#42155d

Color #42155d

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 16.37 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#42155d

RGB

rgb(66, 21, 93)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 63.2%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 77.4%, 36.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 77.4%, 0%, 63.5%)

LAB

lab(17.85, 34.84, -33.63)

LCH

lch(17.85, 48.42, 316.01)

OKLCH

oklch(30.7%, 0.1235, 309.48)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 8.2%, 63.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#305d15

Analogous

#1e155d

#42155d

#5d1554

Triadic

#42155d

#5d4215

#155d42

Split-complementary

#42155d

#545d15

#155d1e

Tetradic

#42155d

#5d1530

#305d15

#155d42

Square

#42155d

#5d1e15

#305d15

#15545d

Shades

Color #42155d mixed toward black.

#37124e

#2c0e3e

#210b2f

#16071f

#0b0410

Tints

Color #42155d mixed toward white.

#682193

#8f2dc9

#ac5edb

#c793e7

#e3c9f3

Tones

Color #42155d mixed toward gray.

#411b57

#3f2151

#3e274b

#3c2d45

#3b333f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (14.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#343352 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#36394f · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#414846 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 24.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #42155d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42155d]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#42155d (#42155d) is rgb(66, 21, 93) in RGB.

No, #42155d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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