#A42AA5#A42AA5

#A42AA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.207 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA5
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, 62.82, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 74.41, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.1748 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.207 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9290, 12.2667, 36.7501)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA5 #2BA52A

analogous

#662AA5 #A42AA5 #A52A68

triadic

#A42AA5 #A5A42A #2AA5A4

tetradic

#A42AA5 #A5662A #2BA52A #2A68A5

square

#A42AA5 #A5662A #2BA52A #2A68A5

split-complementary

#A42AA5 #68A52A #2AA566

monochromatic

#431143 #741E74 #A42AA5 #CD3ECE #D96FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A42AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A42AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA5

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA5	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C58A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B68A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.207 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c0',
    500: '#a42aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa5;
$custom-light: #c371c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.512,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52418,
    "c": 0.20686,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA5

secondary

#6AC169

accent

#E34546

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA5

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

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