#A42AB5#A42AB5

#A42AB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.220 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AB5
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 181)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 65.56, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 81.17, 323.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.174 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.22 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4774, 12.8861, 44.9051)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AB5 #3BB52A

analogous

#5E2AB5 #A42AB5 #B52A80

triadic

#A42AB5 #B5A42A #2AB5A4

tetradic

#A42AB5 #B55E2A #3BB52A #2A80B5

square

#A42AB5 #B55E2A #3BB52A #2A80B5

split-complementary

#A42AB5 #80B52A #2AB55E

monochromatic

#4A1352 #771E83 #A42AB5 #C348D4 #D379E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#A42AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A42AB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AB5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AB5	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4069B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6466F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.220 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372cc',
    500: '#a42ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ab5;
$custom-light: #c372cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.662,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53403,
    "c": 0.21952,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AB5

secondary

#7DC873

accent

#E54256

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AB5

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

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