#A42AA1#A42AA1

#A42AA1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.204 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA1
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(301, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(301, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 1.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 62.16, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 72.77, 328.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1749 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.204 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5706, 12.1234, 34.8626)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA1 #2AA42D

analogous

#6A2AA4 #A42AA1 #A42A64

triadic

#A42AA1 #A1A42A #2AA1A4

tetradic

#A42AA1 #A46A2A #2AA42D #2A64A4

square

#A42AA1 #A46A2A #2AA42D #2A64A4

split-complementary

#A42AA1 #64A42A #2AA46A

monochromatic

#431141 #731E71 #A42AA1 #CD3ECA #DA6ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#A42AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A42AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA1

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA1	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1657A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D679E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.204 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371bd',
    500: '#a42aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa1;
$custom-light: #c371bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.475,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52184,
    "c": 0.20378,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA1

secondary

#69C16B

accent

#E24945

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA1

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

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