#A42BA2#A42BA2

#A42BA2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.203 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BA2
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(301, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, 62.00, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 72.81, 328.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% 0.1739 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.203 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6951, 12.2306, 35.3408)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BA2 #2BA42D

analogous

#692BA4 #A42BA2 #A42B65

triadic

#A42BA2 #A2A42B #2BA2A4

tetradic

#A42BA2 #A4692B #2BA42D #2B65A4

square

#A42BA2 #A4692B #2BA42D #2B65A4

split-complementary

#A42BA2 #65A42B #2BA469

monochromatic

#431242 #741E72 #A42BA2 #CD3FCA #D970D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#A42BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A42BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BA2

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BA2	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1658A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D689F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.203 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371be',
    500: '#a42ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ba2;
$custom-light: #c371be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.992,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52323,
    "c": 0.20349,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BA2

secondary

#6AC16C

accent

#E24946

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BA2

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

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