#420E51#420E51

#420E51 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.120 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420E51
RGB	rgb(66, 14, 81)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(287, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 82.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.83, 35.08, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.83, 45.39, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(29% 0.088 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(29% 0.12 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8888, 2.0666, 7.9770)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420E51 #1D510E

analogous

#200E51 #420E51 #510E3E

triadic

#420E51 #51420E #0E5142

tetradic

#420E51 #51200E #1D510E #0E3E51

square

#420E51 #51200E #1D510E #0E3E51

split-complementary

#420E51 #3E510E #0E5120

monochromatic

#15051A #17051D #420E51 #6D1785 #9720B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.86

#420E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#420E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420E51

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420E51	1.00	14.86	1.41	14.86
#FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#411D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 14, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.120 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795382',
    500: '#420e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420e51;
$custom-light: #795382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29002,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420E51

secondary

#448C2F

accent

#ED3A63

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EEE8EF

border

#C9C4CA

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #420E51

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

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