#420D5E#420D5E

#420D5E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.134 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420D5E
RGB	rgb(66, 13, 94)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 86%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 86.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.77, 38.43, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.77, 52.70, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(30% 0.0861 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(30% 0.134 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4107, 2.2543, 10.7903)
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

#420D5E #295E0D

analogous

#190D5E #420D5E #5E0D51

triadic

#420D5E #5E420D #0D5E42

tetradic

#420D5E #5E190D #295E0D #0D515E

square

#420D5E #5E190D #295E0D #0D515E

split-complementary

#420D5E #515E0D #0D5E19

monochromatic

#13041B #1C0628 #420D5E #681494 #8D1CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#420D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#420D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420D5E

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420D5E	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 13, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.134 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a548c',
    500: '#420d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420d5e;
$custom-light: #7a548c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.259,
    "s": 75.701,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29996,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420D5E

secondary

#53982F

accent

#F23677

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420D5E

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

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