#421A8D#421A8D

#421A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.172 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#421A8D
RGB	rgb(66, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 45.33, -55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 72.04, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0606 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.172 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4225, 3.8198, 25.5403)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#421A8D #658D1A

analogous

#1A2B8D #421A8D #7C1A8D

triadic

#421A8D #8D421A #1A8D42

tetradic

#421A8D #8D1A2B #658D1A #1A8D7C

square

#421A8D #8D1A2B #658D1A #1A8D7C

split-complementary

#421A8D #8D7C1A #2B8D1A

monochromatic

#120726 #2A1059 #421A8D #5A24C1 #7A45DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#421A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#421A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #421A8D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##421A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##421A8D	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #421a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.172 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5caf',
    500: '#421a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #421a8d;
$custom-light: #7f5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#421a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35747,
    "c": 0.17199,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#421A8D

secondary

#94BE45

accent

#EC3CAF

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #421A8D

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

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