#A42ABC#A42ABC

#A42ABC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.225 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42ABC
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 66.81, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 84.21, 322.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1733 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.225 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2138, 13.1806, 48.7832)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42ABC #42BC2A

analogous

#5B2ABC #A42ABC #BC2A8B

triadic

#A42ABC #BCA42A #2ABCA4

tetradic

#A42ABC #BC5B2A #42BC2A #2A8BBC

square

#A42ABC #BC5B2A #42BC2A #2A8BBC

split-complementary

#A42ABC #8BBC2A #2ABC5B

monochromatic

#4D1458 #781F8A #A42ABC #C04CD7 #D27EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#A42ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#A42ABC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42ABC

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42ABC	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.225 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372d1',
    500: '#a42abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42abc;
$custom-light: #c372d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.137,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53858,
    "c": 0.22518,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42ABC

secondary

#85CB77

accent

#E7415C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42ABC

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

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