#A42AC7#A42AC7

#A42AC7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.234 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AC7
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 199)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 68.83, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 89.05, 320.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.1717 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.234 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4451, 13.6731, 55.2679)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AC7 #4DC72A

analogous

#552AC7 #A42AC7 #C72A9C

triadic

#A42AC7 #C7A42A #2AC7A4

tetradic

#A42AC7 #C7552A #4DC72A #2A9CC7

square

#A42AC7 #C7552A #4DC72A #2A9CC7

split-complementary

#A42AC7 #9CC72A #2AC755

monochromatic

#511562 #7A1F94 #A42AC7 #BD53DB #D086E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#A42AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#A42AC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AC7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AC7	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A24E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.234 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c473d9',
    500: '#a42ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ac7;
$custom-light: #c473d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.624,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54601,
    "c": 0.23418,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AC7

secondary

#90CF7E

accent

#E84065

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AC7

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

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