#A42A9D#A42A9D

#A42A9D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.201 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A9D
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(303, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 61.52, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 71.17, 329.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1748 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.201 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2235, 11.9845, 33.0345)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A9D #2AA431

analogous

#6E2AA4 #A42A9D #A42A60

triadic

#A42A9D #9DA42A #2A9DA4

tetradic

#A42A9D #A46E2A #2AA431 #2A60A4

square

#A42A9D #A46E2A #2AA431 #2A60A4

split-complementary

#A42A9D #60A42A #2AA46E

monochromatic

#431140 #731E6E #A42A9D #CD3EC5 #DA6ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A42A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A42A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A9D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A9D	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C56A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50679A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.201 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371ba',
    500: '#a42a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a9d;
$custom-light: #c371ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.443,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51955,
    "c": 0.20074,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A9D

secondary

#69C16E

accent

#E24E45

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A9D

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

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