#420C42#420C42

#420C42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.108 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420C42
RGB	rgb(66, 12, 66)
HSL	hsl(300, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(300, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.48, 32.73, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.48, 38.67, 327.83°)
OKLab	oklab(27.7% 0.0913 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(27.7% 0.108 328)
XYZ	xyz(3.3616, 1.8148, 5.3264)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420C42 #0C420C

analogous

#270C42 #420C42 #420C27

triadic

#420C42 #42420C #0C4242

tetradic

#420C42 #42270C #0C420C #0C2742

square

#420C42 #42270C #0C420C #0C2742

split-complementary

#420C42 #27420C #0C4227

monochromatic

#1A051A #1A051A #420C42 #761576 #AA1FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.41

#420C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#420C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420C42

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420C42	1.00	15.41	1.36	15.41
#FFFFFF	15.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#441426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 12, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.108 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795276',
    500: '#420c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420c42;
$custom-light: #795276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27698,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.01815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420C42

secondary

#2C7E2C

accent

#EC3C3C

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #420C42

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

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