#A42AB0#A42AB0

#A42AB0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.216 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AB0
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 176)
HSL	hsl(295, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(295, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 76.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 64.69, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 79.02, 324.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1744 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.216 324)
XYZ	xyz(23.9736, 12.6845, 42.2515)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AB0 #36B02A

analogous

#612AB0 #A42AB0 #B02A79

triadic

#A42AB0 #B0A42A #2AB0A4

tetradic

#A42AB0 #B0612A #36B02A #2A79B0

square

#A42AB0 #B0612A #36B02A #2A79B0

split-complementary

#A42AB0 #79B02A #2AB061

monochromatic

#48124D #761E7F #A42AB0 #C645D3 #D576DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A42AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A42AB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AB0

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AB0	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4469AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7436C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.216 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c8',
    500: '#a42ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ab0;
$custom-light: #c371c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.627,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53087,
    "c": 0.21551,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.12683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AB0

secondary

#78C670

accent

#E54352

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AB0

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

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