#A42AB7#A42AB7

#A42AB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.221 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AB7
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 183)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 77%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 65.92, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 82.03, 323.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.1738 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.221 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6841, 12.9688, 45.9936)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AB7 #3DB72A

analogous

#5E2AB7 #A42AB7 #B72A84

triadic

#A42AB7 #B7A42A #2AB7A4

tetradic

#A42AB7 #B75E2A #3DB72A #2A84B7

square

#A42AB7 #B75E2A #3DB72A #2A84B7

split-complementary

#A42AB7 #84B72A #2AB75E

monochromatic

#4B1353 #771F85 #A42AB7 #C249D5 #D37BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#A42AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A42AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AB7

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AB7	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.221 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372cd',
    500: '#a42ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ab7;
$custom-light: #c372cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.915,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53532,
    "c": 0.22112,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AB7

secondary

#7FC974

accent

#E64258

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AB7

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

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