#420E59#420E59

#420E59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.128 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420E59
RGB	rgb(66, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.47, 36.89, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.47, 49.62, 318.03°)
OKLab	oklab(29.65% 0.0865 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(29.65% 0.128 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2066, 2.1937, 9.6511)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420E59 #25590E

analogous

#1C0E59 #420E59 #590E4A

triadic

#420E59 #59420E #0E5942

tetradic

#420E59 #591C0E #25590E #0E4A59

square

#420E59 #591C0E #25590E #0E4A59

split-complementary

#420E59 #4A590E #0E591C

monochromatic

#14041A #1B0624 #420E59 #69168E #901FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#420E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#420E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420E59

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420E59	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.128 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5488',
    500: '#420e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420e59;
$custom-light: #7a5488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.6,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29655,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420E59

secondary

#4E9330

accent

#F03870

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #420E59

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

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