#420D5F#420D5F

#420D5F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.135 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420D5F
RGB	rgb(66, 13, 95)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 86%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 86.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 38.67, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 53.23, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(30.08% 0.0859 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(30.08% 0.135 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4558, 2.2724, 11.0281)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420D5F #2A5F0D

analogous

#190D5F #420D5F #5F0D53

triadic

#420D5F #5F420D #0D5F42

tetradic

#420D5F #5F190D #2A5F0D #0D535F

square

#420D5F #5F190D #2A5F0D #0D535F

split-complementary

#420D5F #535F0D #0D5F19

monochromatic

#13041B #1D0629 #420D5F #671495 #8D1CCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#420D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#420D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420D5F

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420D5F	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 13, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.135 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a548d',
    500: '#420d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420d5f;
$custom-light: #7a548d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.78,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30084,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420D5F

secondary

#54992F

accent

#F33578

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420D5F

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

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