#A42B9C#A42B9C

#A42B9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.199 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B9C
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(304, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(304, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 4.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 61.03, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 70.40, 330.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.1738 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.199 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1744, 12.0223, 32.5987)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B9C #2BA433

analogous

#6F2BA4 #A42B9C #A42B5F

triadic

#A42B9C #9CA42B #2B9CA4

tetradic

#A42B9C #A46F2B #2BA433 #2B5FA4

square

#A42B9C #A46F2B #2BA433 #2B5FA4

split-complementary

#A42B9C #5FA42B #2BA46F

monochromatic

#431240 #741E6E #A42B9C #CD3FC3 #D970D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#A42B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A42B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B9C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B9C	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F579F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.199 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371b9',
    500: '#a42b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b9c;
$custom-light: #c371b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.967,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51981,
    "c": 0.19891,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B9C

secondary

#6AC170

accent

#E25046

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B9C

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

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