#A42495#A42495

#A42495 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.201 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42495
RGB	rgb(164, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(307, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(307, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 9.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 62.10, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 70.15, 332.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.1799 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.201 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3657, 11.3261, 29.4888)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42495 #24A433

analogous

#7324A4 #A42495 #A42455

triadic

#A42495 #95A424 #2495A4

tetradic

#A42495 #A47324 #24A433 #2455A4

square

#A42495 #A47324 #24A433 #2455A4

split-complementary

#A42495 #55A424 #24A473

monochromatic

#400E3A #721967 #A42495 #D233C0 #DD65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#A42495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A42495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42495

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42495	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F5398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC325B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.201 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36eb4',
    500: '#a42495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42495;
$custom-light: #c36eb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.031,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51052,
    "c": 0.20092,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42495

secondary

#61C36C

accent

#E75441

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42495

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

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