#A42ABF#A42ABF

#A42ABF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.228 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42ABF
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 191)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 78%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 67.36, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 85.52, 321.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1729 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.228 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5406, 13.3113, 50.5041)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42ABF #45BF2A

analogous

#5A2ABF #A42ABF #BF2A8F

triadic

#A42ABF #BFA42A #2ABFA4

tetradic

#A42ABF #BF5A2A #45BF2A #2A8FBF

square

#A42ABF #BF5A2A #45BF2A #2A8FBF

split-complementary

#A42ABF #8FBF2A #2ABF5A

monochromatic

#4E145B #791F8D #A42ABF #BF4ED8 #D180E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#A42ABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#A42ABF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42ABF

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42ABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42ABF	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42abf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.228 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372d3',
    500: '#a42abf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42abf;
$custom-light: #c372d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42abf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.128,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54058,
    "c": 0.22762,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42ABF

secondary

#88CC79

accent

#E7415F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42ABF

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

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