#420C50#420C50

#420C50 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.121 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420C50
RGB	rgb(66, 12, 80)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(288, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 85%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.49, 35.62, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.49, 45.73, 321.17°)
OKLab	oklab(28.74% 0.0901 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(28.74% 0.121 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8260, 2.0006, 7.7725)
Luminance	0.0200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420C50 #1A500C

analogous

#200C50 #420C50 #500C3C

triadic

#420C50 #50420C #0C5042

tetradic

#420C50 #50200C #1A500C #0C3C50

square

#420C50 #50200C #1A500C #0C3C50

split-complementary

#420C50 #3C500C #0C5020

monochromatic

#16041B #16041B #420C50 #6E1485 #9A1CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.00

#420C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#420C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420C50

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420C50	1.00	15.00	1.40	15.00
#FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F284F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 12, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.121 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795281',
    500: '#420c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420c50;
$custom-light: #795281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28735,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420C50

secondary

#408B2C

accent

#F1375D

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7EE

border

#C9C3C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #420C50

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

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