#A42AB1#A42AB1

#A42AB1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.216 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AB1
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 177)
HSL	hsl(294, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(294, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 76.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 64.86, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 79.45, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1743 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.216 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0729, 12.7243, 42.7745)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AB1 #37B12A

analogous

#602AB1 #A42AB1 #B12A7B

triadic

#A42AB1 #B1A42A #2AB1A4

tetradic

#A42AB1 #B1602A #37B12A #2A7BB1

square

#A42AB1 #B1602A #37B12A #2A7BB1

split-complementary

#A42AB1 #7BB12A #2AB160

monochromatic

#48134E #761E80 #A42AB1 #C545D3 #D577DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#A42AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A42AB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AB1

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AB1	1.00	5.92	3.54	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4369AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7446C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.216 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c9',
    500: '#a42ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ab1;
$custom-light: #c372c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.222,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5315,
    "c": 0.2163,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AB1

secondary

#79C670

accent

#E54353

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AB1

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

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