#A42991#A42991

#A42991 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.193 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42991
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 145)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 11.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 59.97, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 66.92, 333.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% 0.1751 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.193 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2139, 11.5246, 27.8898)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42991 #29A43C

analogous

#7929A4 #A42991 #A42954

triadic

#A42991 #91A429 #2991A4

tetradic

#A42991 #A47929 #29A43C #2954A4

square

#A42991 #A47929 #29A43C #2954A4

split-complementary

#A42991 #54A429 #29A479

monochromatic

#42113A #731D66 #A42991 #CE3CB8 #DA6DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A42991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A42991 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42991

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42991	1.00	6.35	3.30	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55668E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC335A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.193 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370b1',
    500: '#a42991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42991;
$custom-light: #c370b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.268,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51219,
    "c": 0.19299,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42991

secondary

#68C175

accent

#E35D45

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF5

border

#D1C8CF

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42991

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

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