#A42997#A42997

#A42997 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.197 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42997
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 60.89, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 69.18, 331.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1755 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.197 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6888, 11.7146, 30.3910)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42997 #29A436

analogous

#7329A4 #A42997 #A4295A

triadic

#A42997 #97A429 #2997A4

tetradic

#A42997 #A47329 #29A436 #295AA4

square

#A42997 #A47329 #29A436 #295AA4

split-complementary

#A42997 #5AA429 #29A473

monochromatic

#42113D #731D6A #A42997 #CE3CBF #DA6DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#A42997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A42997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42997

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42997	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23559A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB365E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.197 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370b6',
    500: '#a42997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42997;
$custom-light: #c370b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.341,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51541,
    "c": 0.19733,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42997

secondary

#68C171

accent

#E35545

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42997

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

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