#A42BA3#A42BA3

#A42BA3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.204 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BA3
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, 62.17, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 73.22, 328.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% 0.1739 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.204 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7843, 12.2663, 35.8108)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BA3 #2BA42C

analogous

#682BA4 #A42BA3 #A42B66

triadic

#A42BA3 #A3A42B #2BA3A4

tetradic

#A42BA3 #A4682B #2BA42C #2B66A4

square

#A42BA3 #A4682B #2BA42C #2B66A4

split-complementary

#A42BA3 #66A42B #2BA468

monochromatic

#431243 #741E73 #A42BA3 #CD3FCC #D970D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A42BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A42BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BA3

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BA3	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1458A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D68A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.204 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371bf',
    500: '#a42ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ba3;
$custom-light: #c371bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.496,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52381,
    "c": 0.20427,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BA3

secondary

#6AC16B

accent

#E24746

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BA3

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

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