#A42699#A42699

#A42699 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.202 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42699
RGB	rgb(164, 38, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 62.13, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 71.01, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1783 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.202 332)
XYZ	xyz(21.7528, 11.5805, 31.2204)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42699 #26A431

analogous

#7026A4 #A42699 #A4265A

triadic

#A42699 #99A426 #2699A4

tetradic

#A42699 #A47026 #26A431 #265AA4

square

#A42699 #A47026 #26A431 #265AA4

split-complementary

#A42699 #5AA426 #26A470

monochromatic

#410F3C #721A6B #A42699 #D137C3 #DC68D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#A42699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#A42699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42699

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42699	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C549C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB355E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 38, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.202 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36fb7',
    500: '#a42699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42699;
$custom-light: #c36fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.238,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5142,
    "c": 0.20186,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.11579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42699

secondary

#64C26C

accent

#E55142

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42699

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

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