#420E5E#420E5E

#420E5E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.133 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420E5E
RGB	rgb(66, 14, 94)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 85.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.90, 38.06, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.90, 52.29, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(30.09% 0.0853 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(30.09% 0.133 310)
XYZ	xyz(4.4238, 2.2806, 10.7947)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420E5E #2A5E0E

analogous

#1A0E5E #420E5E #5E0E52

triadic

#420E5E #5E420E #0E5E42

tetradic

#420E5E #5E1A0E #2A5E0E #0E525E

square

#420E5E #5E1A0E #2A5E0E #0E525E

split-complementary

#420E5E #525E0E #0E5E1A

monochromatic

#13041B #1D0629 #420E5E #671693 #8D1EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#420E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#420E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420E5E

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420E5E	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 14, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.133 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a548c',
    500: '#420e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420e5e;
$custom-light: #7a548c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30085,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.0228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420E5E

secondary

#549830

accent

#F13778

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420E5E

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

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