#A42799#A42799

#A42799 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.201 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42799
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 61.83, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 70.67, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.1774 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.201 332)
XYZ	xyz(21.7852, 11.6453, 31.2312)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42799 #27A432

analogous

#7127A4 #A42799 #A4275B

triadic

#A42799 #99A427 #2799A4

tetradic

#A42799 #A47127 #27A432 #275BA4

square

#A42799 #A47127 #27A432 #275BA4

split-complementary

#A42799 #5BA427 #27A471

monochromatic

#410F3D #731B6B #A42799 #D038C2 #DC6AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A42799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A42799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42799

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42799	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D559C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB365E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.201 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36fb7',
    500: '#a42799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42799;
$custom-light: #c36fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.28,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51495,
    "c": 0.20087,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.11643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42799

secondary

#65C26D

accent

#E55143

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42799

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

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