#A42996#A42996

#A42996 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.197 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A42996
RGBrgb(164, 41, 150)
HSLhsl(307, 60%, 40%)
HSVhsv(307, 75%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(40.71, 60.74, -32.32)
CIE-LCHlch(40.71, 68.80, 331.98°)
OKLaboklab(51.49% 0.1755 -0.0887)
OKLCHoklch(51.49% 0.197 333.2)
XYZxyz(21.6079, 11.6822, 29.9651)
Luminance0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A42996 #29A437
analogous
#7429A4 #A42996 #A42959
triadic
#A42996 #96A429 #2996A4
tetradic
#A42996 #A47429 #29A437 #2959A4
square
#A42996 #A47429 #29A437 #2959A4
split-complementary
#A42996 #59A429 #29A474
monochromatic
#42113C #731D69 #A42996 #CE3CBE #DA6DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29
#A42996 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34
#A42996 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42996
6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A42996#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A429961.006.293.346.29
#FFFFFF6.291.0021.001.00
#0000003.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.291.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#245599
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#536693
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AB365D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a42996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.197 333.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370b5',
    500: '#a42996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a42996;
$custom-light: #c370b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a42996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.829,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51487,
    "c": 0.1966,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A42996
secondary
#68C172
accent
#E35745
background
#FCF7FB
surface
#F8EDF6
border
#D1C8D0
text
#130811
muted
#827B80

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#A42996 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva