#A42AD4#A42AD4

#A42AD4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.245 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42AD4
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 212)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 71.29, -62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 94.84, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1694 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.245 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0194, 14.3029, 63.5593)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42AD4 #5AD42A

analogous

#4F2AD4 #A42AD4 #D42AAF

triadic

#A42AD4 #D4A42A #2AD4A4

tetradic

#A42AD4 #D44F2A #5AD42A #2AAFD4

square

#A42AD4 #D44F2A #5AD42A #2AAFD4

split-complementary

#A42AD4 #AFD42A #2AD44F

monochromatic

#55166E #7C20A1 #A42AD4 #BA5CDF #D08FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A42AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A42AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42AD4

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42AD4	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#126CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.245 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c473e2',
    500: '#a42ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ad4;
$custom-light: #c473e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.059,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55521,
    "c": 0.24495,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42AD4

secondary

#9CD386

accent

#EA3E6E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EDFC

border

#D2C8D5

text

#130915

muted

#827B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42AD4

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

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