#420059

Color #420059

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 17.01 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#420059

RGB

rgb(66, 0, 89)

HSL

hsl(284.5, 100%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.5, 100%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 100%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(14.84, 41.69, -35.83)

LCH

lch(14.84, 54.97, 319.32)

OKLCH

oklch(28.5%, 0.1412, 314)

HWB

hwb(284.5, 0%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#175900

Analogous

#160059

#420059

#590044

Triadic

#420059

#594200

#005942

Split-complementary

#420059

#445900

#005916

Tetradic

#420059

#590017

#175900

#005942

Square

#420059

#591600

#175900

#004459

Shades

Color #420059 mixed toward black.

#37004a

#2c003c

#21002d

#16001e

#0b000f

Tints

Color #420059 mixed toward white.

#76009f

#aa00e6

#c92dff

#db73ff

#edb9ff

Tones

Color #420059 mixed toward gray.

#3f0752

#3b0f4a

#371643

#341e3c

#302534

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.38:1

White text reads better on this background (15.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#31314e · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#34374b · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#404341 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 25.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #420059;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#420059]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#420059 (#420059) is rgb(66, 0, 89) in RGB.

No, #420059 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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