#421E8A#421E8A

#421E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.165 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#421E8A
RGB	rgb(66, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 42.64, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 68.45, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.0585 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.165 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2972, 3.9215, 24.4123)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#421E8A #668A1E

analogous

#1E308A #421E8A #781E8A

triadic

#421E8A #8A421E #1E8A42

tetradic

#421E8A #8A1E30 #668A1E #1E8A78

square

#421E8A #8A1E30 #668A1E #1E8A78

split-complementary

#421E8A #8A781E #308A1E

monochromatic

#120825 #2A1358 #421E8A #5A29BC #7A4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#421E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#421E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #421E8A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##421E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##421E8A	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #421e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.165 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5ead',
    500: '#421e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #421e8a;
$custom-light: #7f5ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#421e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35896,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#421E8A

secondary

#95BA4A

accent

#E741B0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #421E8A

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

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