#A42A9C#A42A9C

#A42A9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.200 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A9C
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(304, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(304, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 4.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 61.36, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 70.77, 330.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% 0.1748 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.2 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1385, 11.9505, 32.5867)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A9C #2AA432

analogous

#6F2AA4 #A42A9C #A42A5F

triadic

#A42A9C #9CA42A #2A9CA4

tetradic

#A42A9C #A46F2A #2AA432 #2A5FA4

square

#A42A9C #A46F2A #2AA432 #2A5FA4

split-complementary

#A42A9C #5FA42A #2AA46F

monochromatic

#43113F #731E6E #A42A9C #CD3EC4 #DA6ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#A42A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A42A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A9C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A9C	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E569F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.200 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371b9',
    500: '#a42a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a9c;
$custom-light: #c371b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.934,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51899,
    "c": 0.19999,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A9C

secondary

#69C16F

accent

#E25045

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A9C

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

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