#A42AA4#A42AA4

#A42AA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.206 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA4
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, 62.66, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 74.00, 327.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% 0.1748 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.206 328)
XYZ	xyz(22.8384, 12.2304, 36.2726)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA4 #2AA42A

analogous

#672AA4 #A42AA4 #A42A67

triadic

#A42AA4 #A4A42A #2AA4A4

tetradic

#A42AA4 #A4672A #2AA42A #2A67A4

square

#A42AA4 #A4672A #2AA42A #2A67A4

split-complementary

#A42AA4 #67A42A #2AA467

monochromatic

#431143 #731E73 #A42AA4 #CD3ECD #DA6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#A42AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A42AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA4

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA4	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F58A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C68A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.206 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371bf',
    500: '#a42aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa4;
$custom-light: #c371bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52359,
    "c": 0.20609,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.12229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA4

secondary

#69C169

accent

#E24545

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA4

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

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