#A42A99#A42A99

#A42A99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.198 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A99
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 60.88, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 69.59, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1747 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.198 332)
XYZ	xyz(21.8876, 11.8501, 31.2653)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A99 #2AA435

analogous

#722AA4 #A42A99 #A42A5C

triadic

#A42A99 #99A42A #2A99A4

tetradic

#A42A99 #A4722A #2AA435 #2A5CA4

square

#A42A99 #A4722A #2AA435 #2A5CA4

split-complementary

#A42A99 #5CA42A #2AA472

monochromatic

#43113E #731E6C #A42A99 #CD3EC1 #DA6ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#A42A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A42A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A99

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A99	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22569C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.198 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371b7',
    500: '#a42a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a99;
$custom-light: #c371b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.41,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51732,
    "c": 0.19774,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A99

secondary

#69C171

accent

#E25445

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A99

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

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