#A42590#A42590

#A42590 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.196 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42590
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 144)
HSL	hsl(309, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(309, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 12.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 61.06, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 67.96, 333.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.1787 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.196 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0058, 11.2312, 27.4417)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42590 #25A439

analogous

#7925A4 #A42590 #A42551

triadic

#A42590 #90A425 #2590A4

tetradic

#A42590 #A47925 #25A439 #2551A4

square

#A42590 #A47925 #25A439 #2551A4

split-complementary

#A42590 #51A425 #25A479

monochromatic

#400E38 #721A64 #A42590 #D135B9 #DD67CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A42590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A42590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42590

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42590	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54658D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC3059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.196 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36eb1',
    500: '#a42590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42590;
$custom-light: #c36eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.449,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50856,
    "c": 0.19642,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42590

secondary

#62C271

accent

#E65C42

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF5

border

#D1C8CF

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42590

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

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