#A42499#A42499

#A42499 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.204 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42499
RGB	rgb(164, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(305, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 62.71, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 71.68, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.18 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.204 332)
XYZ	xyz(21.6905, 11.4560, 31.1997)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42499 #24A42F

analogous

#6F24A4 #A42499 #A42459

triadic

#A42499 #99A424 #2499A4

tetradic

#A42499 #A46F24 #24A42F #2459A4

square

#A42499 #A46F24 #24A42F #2459A4

split-complementary

#A42499 #59A424 #24A46F

monochromatic

#400E3B #72196A #A42499 #D233C5 #DD65D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A42499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A42499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42499

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42499	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19549C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB345E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.204 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36eb7',
    500: '#a42499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42499;
$custom-light: #c36eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.156,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51274,
    "c": 0.20379,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.11454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42499

secondary

#61C369

accent

#E74F41

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42499

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

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