#A42AB8#A42AB8

#A42AB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.222 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AB8
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 184)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 77.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 66.10, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 82.47, 323.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.6% 0.1737 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(53.6% 0.222 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7886, 13.0105, 46.5437)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AB8 #3EB82A

analogous

#5D2AB8 #A42AB8 #B82A85

triadic

#A42AB8 #B8A42A #2AB8A4

tetradic

#A42AB8 #B85D2A #3EB82A #2A85B8

square

#A42AB8 #B85D2A #3EB82A #2A85B8

split-complementary

#A42AB8 #85B82A #2AB85D

monochromatic

#4B1354 #781F86 #A42AB8 #C24AD6 #D37BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#A42AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A42AB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AB8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AB8	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D69B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.222 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372ce',
    500: '#a42ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ab8;
$custom-light: #c372ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.549,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53596,
    "c": 0.22193,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AB8

secondary

#81C975

accent

#E64259

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AB8

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

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