#420F5F#420F5F

#420F5F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.133 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420F5F
RGB	rgb(66, 15, 95)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.11, 37.92, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.11, 52.40, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(30.26% 0.0841 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(30.26% 0.133 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4827, 2.3262, 11.0371)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420F5F #2C5F0F

analogous

#1A0F5F #420F5F #5F0F54

triadic

#420F5F #5F420F #0F5F42

tetradic

#420F5F #5F1A0F #2C5F0F #0F545F

square

#420F5F #5F1A0F #2C5F0F #0F545F

split-complementary

#420F5F #545F0F #0F5F1A

monochromatic

#12041A #1D072A #420F5F #671794 #8B20C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#420F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#420F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420F5F

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420F5F	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 15, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.133 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a548d',
    500: '#420f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420f5f;
$custom-light: #7a548d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30264,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420F5F

secondary

#579832

accent

#EF387B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #420F5F

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

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