#420C5F#420C5F

#420C5F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.136 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420C5F
RGB	rgb(66, 12, 95)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 87%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 87.4%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.74, 39.02, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.74, 53.62, 316.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30% 0.0867 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(30% 0.136 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4434, 2.2475, 11.0240)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420C5F #295F0C

analogous

#180C5F #420C5F #5F0C52

triadic

#420C5F #5F420C #0C5F42

tetradic

#420C5F #5F180C #295F0C #0C525F

square

#420C5F #5F180C #295F0C #0C525F

split-complementary

#420C5F #525F0C #0C5F18

monochromatic

#13031B #1C0529 #420C5F #681395 #8D1ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#420C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#420C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420C5F

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420C5F	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 12, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.136 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a538d',
    500: '#420c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420c5f;
$custom-light: #7a538d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.036,
    "s": 77.57,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420C5F

secondary

#53992D

accent

#F43477

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420C5F

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

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