#A42B9B#A42B9B

#A42B9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.198 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B9B
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(304, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(304, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 5.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 60.87, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 70.00, 330.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1738 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.198 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0901, 11.9886, 32.1546)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B9B #2BA434

analogous

#702BA4 #A42B9B #A42B5E

triadic

#A42B9B #9BA42B #2B9BA4

tetradic

#A42B9B #A4702B #2BA434 #2B5EA4

square

#A42B9B #A4702B #2BA434 #2B5EA4

split-complementary

#A42B9B #5EA42B #2BA470

monochromatic

#43123F #741E6D #A42B9B #CD3FC2 #D970D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A42B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A42B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B9B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B9B	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20569E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.198 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371b9',
    500: '#a42b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b9b;
$custom-light: #c371b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.463,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51925,
    "c": 0.19816,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B9B

secondary

#6AC171

accent

#E25246

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B9B

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

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