#420F5D#420F5D

#420F5D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.131 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420F5D
RGB	rgb(66, 15, 93)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 83.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 37.44, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 51.33, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(30.09% 0.0846 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(30.09% 0.131 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3930, 2.2903, 10.5645)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420F5D #2A5D0F

analogous

#1B0F5D #420F5D #5D0F51

triadic

#420F5D #5D420F #0F5D42

tetradic

#420F5D #5D1B0F #2A5D0F #0F515D

square

#420F5D #5D1B0F #2A5D0F #0F515D

split-complementary

#420F5D #515D0F #0F5D1B

monochromatic

#13041A #1D0628 #420F5D #671792 #8D20C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#420F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#420F5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420F5D

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420F5D	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 15, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.131 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a548b',
    500: '#420f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420f5d;
$custom-light: #7a548b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30091,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420F5D

secondary

#549631

accent

#EF3978

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420F5D

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

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