#A42596#A42596

#A42596 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.201 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42596
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(307, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(307, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 61.96, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 70.20, 331.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.179 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.201 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4766, 11.4195, 29.9213)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42596 #25A433

analogous

#7325A4 #A42596 #A42557

triadic

#A42596 #96A425 #2596A4

tetradic

#A42596 #A47325 #25A433 #2557A4

square

#A42596 #A47325 #25A433 #2557A4

split-complementary

#A42596 #57A425 #25A473

monochromatic

#400E3B #721A68 #A42596 #D135C0 #DD67D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#A42596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A42596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42596

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42596	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F5399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC335C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.201 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36eb5',
    500: '#a42596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42596;
$custom-light: #c36eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.614,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5118,
    "c": 0.20067,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42596

secondary

#62C26D

accent

#E65442

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42596

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

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