#A42998#A42998

#A42998 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.198 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42998
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 152)
HSL	hsl(306, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 61.05, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 69.57, 331.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.1756 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.198 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7704, 11.7472, 30.8205)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42998 #29A435

analogous

#7329A4 #A42998 #A4295A

triadic

#A42998 #98A429 #2998A4

tetradic

#A42998 #A47329 #29A435 #295AA4

square

#A42998 #A47329 #29A435 #295AA4

split-complementary

#A42998 #5AA429 #29A473

monochromatic

#42113D #731D6B #A42998 #CE3CC0 #DA6DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A42998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A42998 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42998

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42998	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21559B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB375E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.198 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370b7',
    500: '#a42998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42998;
$custom-light: #c370b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.854,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51596,
    "c": 0.19807,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42998

secondary

#68C170

accent

#E35445

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42998

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

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