#420F72#420F72

#420F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.152 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420F72
RGB	rgb(66, 15, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 86.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.86, 42.58, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.86, 62.51, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.02% 0.0781 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(32.02% 0.152 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4541, 2.7148, 16.1530)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420F72 #3F720F

analogous

#100F72 #420F72 #720F70

triadic

#420F72 #72420F #0F7242

tetradic

#420F72 #72100F #3F720F #0F7072

square

#420F72 #72100F #3F720F #0F7072

split-complementary

#420F72 #70720F #0F7210

monochromatic

#10041B #23083C #420F72 #6116A8 #811DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#420F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#420F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420F72

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420F72	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 15, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.152 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c569b',
    500: '#420f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420f72;
$custom-light: #7c569b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32021,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420F72

secondary

#6DAA33

accent

#F33591

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #420F72

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

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