#A42AA9#A42AA9

#A42AA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.210 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AA9
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, 63.49, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 76.07, 326.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1747 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.21 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2988, 12.4146, 38.6975)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AA9 #2FA92A

analogous

#652AA9 #A42AA9 #A92A6F

triadic

#A42AA9 #A9A42A #2AA9A4

tetradic

#A42AA9 #A9652A #2FA92A #2A6FA9

square

#A42AA9 #A9652A #2FA92A #2A6FA9

split-complementary

#A42AA9 #6FA92A #2AA965

monochromatic

#451247 #741E78 #A42AA9 #CA41D0 #D872DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A42AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A42AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AA9

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AA9	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4968A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.210 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c3',
    500: '#a42aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aa9;
$custom-light: #c371c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.638,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52657,
    "c": 0.20998,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AA9

secondary

#6FC36C

accent

#E3444B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AA9

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

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