#A42AC3#A42AC3

#A42AC3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.231 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AC3
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(288, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, 68.09, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 87.28, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1724 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.231 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9868, 13.4898, 52.8541)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AC3 #49C32A

analogous

#582AC3 #A42AC3 #C32A96

triadic

#A42AC3 #C3A42A #2AC3A4

tetradic

#A42AC3 #C3582A #49C32A #2A96C3

square

#A42AC3 #C3582A #49C32A #2A96C3

split-complementary

#A42AC3 #96C32A #2AC358

monochromatic

#4F145E #7A1F91 #A42AC3 #BE51D9 #D183E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#A42AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#A42AC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AC3

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AC3	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.231 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372d6',
    500: '#a42ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ac3;
$custom-light: #c372d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.843,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54327,
    "c": 0.23089,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AC3

secondary

#8CCD7B

accent

#E84062

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AC3

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

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