#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
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(307, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(307, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, 60.74, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 68.80, 331.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1755 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.197 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6079, 11.6822, 29.9651)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A42996	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42996

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

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