#A42BA1#A42BA1

#A42BA1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.203 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BA1
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(301, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 1.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 61.84, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 72.40, 328.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1739 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.203 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6066, 12.1952, 34.8745)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BA1 #2BA42E

analogous

#6B2BA4 #A42BA1 #A42B64

triadic

#A42BA1 #A1A42B #2BA1A4

tetradic

#A42BA1 #A46B2B #2BA42E #2B64A4

square

#A42BA1 #A46B2B #2BA42E #2B64A4

split-complementary

#A42BA1 #64A42B #2BA46B

monochromatic

#431242 #741E71 #A42BA1 #CD3FC9 #D970D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A42BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A42BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BA1

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BA1	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1858A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E689E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.203 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371bd',
    500: '#a42ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ba1;
$custom-light: #c371bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.488,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52265,
    "c": 0.20272,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BA1

secondary

#6AC16C

accent

#E24A46

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BA1

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

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