#A42999#A42999

#A42999 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.199 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42999
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 61.20, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 69.96, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1756 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.199 332)
XYZ	xyz(21.8526, 11.7801, 31.2537)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42999 #29A434

analogous

#7229A4 #A42999 #A4295B

triadic

#A42999 #99A429 #2999A4

tetradic

#A42999 #A47229 #29A434 #295BA4

square

#A42999 #A47229 #29A434 #295BA4

split-complementary

#A42999 #5BA429 #29A472

monochromatic

#42113E #731D6B #A42999 #CE3CC1 #DA6DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A42999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A42999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42999

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42999	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20559C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB375F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.199 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370b7',
    500: '#a42999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42999;
$custom-light: #c370b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.366,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51651,
    "c": 0.1988,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.11778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42999

secondary

#68C170

accent

#E35345

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42999

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

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