#A42AC2#A42AC2

#A42AC2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.230 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AC2
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 194)
HSL	hsl(288, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(288, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, 67.90, -54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 86.84, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1725 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.23 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8741, 13.4447, 52.2607)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AC2 #48C22A

analogous

#582AC2 #A42AC2 #C22A94

triadic

#A42AC2 #C2A42A #2AC2A4

tetradic

#A42AC2 #C2582A #48C22A #2A94C2

square

#A42AC2 #C2582A #48C22A #2A94C2

split-complementary

#A42AC2 #94C22A #2AC258

monochromatic

#4F145D #791F90 #A42AC2 #BE50D9 #D182E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#A42AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#A42AC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AC2

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AC2	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.230 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372d5',
    500: '#a42ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ac2;
$custom-light: #c372d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.158,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54259,
    "c": 0.23007,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AC2

secondary

#8BCD7B

accent

#E74061

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AC2

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

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