#A42A9B#A42A9B

#A42A9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.199 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A9B
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 155)
HSL	hsl(304, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(304, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 5.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 61.20, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 70.37, 330.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.1747 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.199 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0542, 11.9168, 32.1426)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A9B #2AA433

analogous

#702AA4 #A42A9B #A42A5E

triadic

#A42A9B #9BA42A #2A9BA4

tetradic

#A42A9B #A4702A #2AA433 #2A5EA4

square

#A42A9B #A4702A #2AA433 #2A5EA4

split-complementary

#A42A9B #5EA42A #2AA470

monochromatic

#43113F #731E6D #A42A9B #CD3EC3 #DA6ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#A42A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A42A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A9B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A9B	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F569E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.199 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371b9',
    500: '#a42a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a9b;
$custom-light: #c371b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.426,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51843,
    "c": 0.19924,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A9B

secondary

#69C16F

accent

#E25145

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A9B

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

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