#420E5A#420E5A

#420E5A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.129 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420E5A
RGB	rgb(66, 14, 90)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 84.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.56, 37.13, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.56, 50.16, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.74% 0.0862 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(29.74% 0.129 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2489, 2.2106, 9.8737)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420E5A #265A0E

analogous

#1C0E5A #420E5A #5A0E4C

triadic

#420E5A #5A420E #0E5A42

tetradic

#420E5A #5A1C0E #265A0E #0E4C5A

square

#420E5A #5A1C0E #265A0E #0E4C5A

split-complementary

#420E5A #4C5A0E #0E5A1C

monochromatic

#13041A #1B0625 #420E5A #69168F #901EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#420E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#420E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420E5A

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420E5A	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#022A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 14, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.129 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5489',
    500: '#420e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420e5a;
$custom-light: #7a5489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2974,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420E5A

secondary

#4F9430

accent

#F03872

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #420E5A

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

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