#A42AA2#A42AA2

#A42AA2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.205 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA2
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(301, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(301, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 62.33, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 73.18, 328.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1749 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.205 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6592, 12.1588, 35.3288)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA2 #2AA42C

analogous

#692AA4 #A42AA2 #A42A65

triadic

#A42AA2 #A2A42A #2AA2A4

tetradic

#A42AA2 #A4692A #2AA42C #2A65A4

square

#A42AA2 #A4692A #2AA42C #2A65A4

split-complementary

#A42AA2 #65A42A #2AA469

monochromatic

#431142 #731E72 #A42AA2 #CD3ECB #DA6ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#A42AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#A42AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA2

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA2	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1458A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D679F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.205 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371be',
    500: '#a42aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa2;
$custom-light: #c371be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.984,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52242,
    "c": 0.20455,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA2

secondary

#69C16A

accent

#E24845

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA2

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

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