#A42AB3#A42AB3

#A42AB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.218 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AB3
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 179)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 76.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 65.21, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 80.31, 324.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1742 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.218 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2737, 12.8046, 43.8321)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AB3 #39B32A

analogous

#602AB3 #A42AB3 #B32A7D

triadic

#A42AB3 #B3A42A #2AB3A4

tetradic

#A42AB3 #B3602A #39B32A #2A7DB3

square

#A42AB3 #B3602A #39B32A #2A7DB3

split-complementary

#A42AB3 #7DB32A #2AB360

monochromatic

#491350 #771E81 #A42AB3 #C446D4 #D478DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A42AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A42AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AB3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AB3	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.218 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372ca',
    500: '#a42ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ab3;
$custom-light: #c372ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.431,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53276,
    "c": 0.2179,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AB3

secondary

#7BC772

accent

#E54355

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AB3

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

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