#A42AA8#A42AA8

#A42AA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.209 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA8
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 63.32, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 75.65, 326.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.1748 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.209 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2053, 12.3772, 38.2050)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA8 #2EA82A

analogous

#652AA8 #A42AA8 #A82A6D

triadic

#A42AA8 #A8A42A #2AA8A4

tetradic

#A42AA8 #A8652A #2EA82A #2A6DA8

square

#A42AA8 #A8652A #2EA82A #2A6DA8

split-complementary

#A42AA8 #6DA82A #2AA865

monochromatic

#441246 #741E77 #A42AA8 #CB40CF #D871DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A42AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A42AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA8

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA8	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0259AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4968A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.209 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c2',
    500: '#a42aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa8;
$custom-light: #c371c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.095,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52597,
    "c": 0.2092,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA8

secondary

#6EC36B

accent

#E3454A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA8

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

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