#420D5D#420D5D

#420D5D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.133 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420D5D
RGB	rgb(66, 13, 93)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(280, 86%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 86%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.68, 38.20, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.68, 52.17, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0864 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.133 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3661, 2.2365, 10.5555)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420D5D #285D0D

analogous

#1A0D5D #420D5D #5D0D50

triadic

#420D5D #5D420D #0D5D42

tetradic

#420D5D #5D1A0D #285D0D #0D505D

square

#420D5D #5D1A0D #285D0D #0D505D

split-complementary

#420D5D #505D0D #0D5D1A

monochromatic

#13041B #1C0527 #420D5D #681593 #8E1CC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.51

#420D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#420D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420D5D

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420D5D	1.00	14.51	1.45	14.51
#FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 13, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.133 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a548b',
    500: '#420d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420d5d;
$custom-light: #7a548b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.75,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29909,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420D5D

secondary

#52972F

accent

#F23675

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420D5D

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

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