#A42A9E#A42A9E

#A42A9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.201 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A9E
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(303, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 61.68, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 71.57, 329.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.1748 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.201 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3093, 12.0188, 33.4860)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A9E #2AA430

analogous

#6D2AA4 #A42A9E #A42A61

triadic

#A42A9E #9EA42A #2A9EA4

tetradic

#A42A9E #A46D2A #2AA430 #2A61A4

square

#A42A9E #A46D2A #2AA430 #2A61A4

split-complementary

#A42A9E #61A42A #2AA46D

monochromatic

#431140 #731E6F #A42A9E #CD3EC6 #DA6ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#A42A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A42A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A9E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A9E	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F679B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.201 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371bb',
    500: '#a42a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a9e;
$custom-light: #c371bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.951,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52012,
    "c": 0.20149,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A9E

secondary

#69C16D

accent

#E24D45

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A9E

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

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