#A42897#A42897

#A42897 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.198 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42897
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 61.21, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 69.54, 331.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1764 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.198 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6547, 11.6463, 30.3796)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42897 #28A435

analogous

#7328A4 #A42897 #A42859

triadic

#A42897 #97A428 #2897A4

tetradic

#A42897 #A47328 #28A435 #2859A4

square

#A42897 #A47328 #28A435 #2859A4

split-complementary

#A42897 #59A428 #28A473

monochromatic

#42103C #731C6A #A42897 #CF3ABF #DB6BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A42897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A42897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42897

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42897	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)

#21559A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB365D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.198 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370b6',
    500: '#a42897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42897;
$custom-light: #c370b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.29,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51462,
    "c": 0.19837,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42897

secondary

#66C170

accent

#E45544

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42897

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

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