#A42B99#A42B99

#A42B99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.197 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B99
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, 60.55, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 69.22, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1737 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.197 332)
XYZ	xyz(21.9235, 11.9220, 31.2773)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B99 #2BA436

analogous

#732BA4 #A42B99 #A42B5C

triadic

#A42B99 #99A42B #2B99A4

tetradic

#A42B99 #A4732B #2BA436 #2B5CA4

square

#A42B99 #A4732B #2BA436 #2B5CA4

split-complementary

#A42B99 #5CA42B #2BA473

monochromatic

#43123F #741E6C #A42B99 #CD3FC0 #D970D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#A42B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A42B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B99

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B99	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23569C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB395F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.197 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371b7',
    500: '#a42b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b99;
$custom-light: #c371b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51815,
    "c": 0.19666,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.1192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B99

secondary

#6AC172

accent

#E25446

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B99

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

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