#42167C
A dark, moderate purple closely aligning with Indigo.
About #42167C
The precise color #42167C is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Indigo. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 66, 22, and 124.
For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 47% cyan and 82% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 265.9° hue, 69.9% saturation, and 28.6% lightness.
When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.