#A42AA3#A42AA3

#A42AA3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.205 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA3
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 62.49, -38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 73.59, 328.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.1748 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.205 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7484, 12.1945, 35.7989)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA3 #2AA42B

analogous

#682AA4 #A42AA3 #A42A66

triadic

#A42AA3 #A3A42A #2AA3A4

tetradic

#A42AA3 #A4682A #2AA42B #2A66A4

square

#A42AA3 #A4682A #2AA42B #2A66A4

split-complementary

#A42AA3 #66A42A #2AA468

monochromatic

#431142 #731E73 #A42AA3 #CD3ECC #DA6ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A42AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A42AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA3

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA3	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1258A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C67A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.205 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371bf',
    500: '#a42aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa3;
$custom-light: #c371bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.492,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.523,
    "c": 0.20531,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA3

secondary

#69C16A

accent

#E24745

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA3

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

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