#A42697#A42697

#A42697 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.200 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42697
RGB	rgb(164, 38, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 61.82, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 70.24, 331.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1782 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.2 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5890, 11.5149, 30.3577)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42697 #26A433

analogous

#7226A4 #A42697 #A42658

triadic

#A42697 #97A426 #2697A4

tetradic

#A42697 #A47226 #26A433 #2658A4

square

#A42697 #A47226 #26A433 #2658A4

split-complementary

#A42697 #58A426 #26A472

monochromatic

#410F3C #721A69 #A42697 #D137C1 #DC68D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A42697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A42697 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42697

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42697	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F549A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB345D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 38, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.200 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36fb6',
    500: '#a42697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42697;
$custom-light: #c36fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.19,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51309,
    "c": 0.2004,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42697

secondary

#64C26D

accent

#E55342

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42697

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

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