#A42AC9#A42AC9

#A42AC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.236 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AC9
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 201)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 69.20, -57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 89.94, 320.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.1714 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.236 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6788, 13.7666, 56.4989)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AC9 #4FC92A

analogous

#552AC9 #A42AC9 #C92A9E

triadic

#A42AC9 #C9A42A #2AC9A4

tetradic

#A42AC9 #C9552A #4FC92A #2A9EC9

square

#A42AC9 #C9552A #4FC92A #2A9EC9

split-complementary

#A42AC9 #9EC92A #2AC955

monochromatic

#511564 #7B1F96 #A42AC9 #BC55DB #D087E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#A42AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#A42AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AC9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AC9	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A24F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.236 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c473da',
    500: '#a42ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ac9;
$custom-light: #c473da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.038,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5474,
    "c": 0.23583,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AC9

secondary

#92D07F

accent

#E83F67

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AC9

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

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