#420F5E#420F5E

#420F5E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.132 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420F5E
RGB	rgb(66, 15, 94)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.03, 37.68, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.03, 51.86, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(30.18% 0.0844 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(30.18% 0.132 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4376, 2.3081, 10.7993)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420F5E #2B5E0F

analogous

#1B0F5E #420F5E #5E0F53

triadic

#420F5E #5E420F #0F5E42

tetradic

#420F5E #5E1B0F #2B5E0F #0F535E

square

#420F5E #5E1B0F #2B5E0F #0F535E

split-complementary

#420F5E #535E0F #0F5E1B

monochromatic

#13041A #1D0729 #420F5E #671793 #8C20C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#420F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#420F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420F5E

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420F5E	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 15, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.132 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a548c',
    500: '#420f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420f5e;
$custom-light: #7a548c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30177,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420F5E

secondary

#569731

accent

#EF3979

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420F5E

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

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