#A42AAA#A42AAA

#A42AAA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.211 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AAA
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(297, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, 63.66, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 76.49, 326.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.1747 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.211 326)
XYZ	xyz(23.3930, 12.4523, 39.1938)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AAA #30AA2A

analogous

#642AAA #A42AAA #AA2A70

triadic

#A42AAA #AAA42A #2AAAA4

tetradic

#A42AAA #AA642A #30AA2A #2A70AA

square

#A42AAA #AA642A #30AA2A #2A70AA

split-complementary

#A42AAA #70AA2A #2AAA64

monochromatic

#451248 #751E79 #A42AAA #C941D0 #D772DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A42AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A42AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AAA

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AAA	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4868A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.211 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c4',
    500: '#a42aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42aaa;
$custom-light: #c371c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.188,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52717,
    "c": 0.21076,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.12451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AAA

secondary

#70C36C

accent

#E4444C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AAA

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

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