#A42BA4#A42BA4

#A42BA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.205 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BA4
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 62.33, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 73.63, 327.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.1739 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.205 328)
XYZ	xyz(22.8743, 12.3023, 36.2846)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BA4 #2BA42B

analogous

#672BA4 #A42BA4 #A42B67

triadic

#A42BA4 #A4A42B #2BA4A4

tetradic

#A42BA4 #A4672B #2BA42B #2B67A4

square

#A42BA4 #A4672B #2BA42B #2B67A4

split-complementary

#A42BA4 #67A42B #2BA467

monochromatic

#431243 #741E74 #A42BA4 #CD3FCD #D970D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A42BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A42BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BA4

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BA4	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1258A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C68A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.205 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371bf',
    500: '#a42ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ba4;
$custom-light: #c371bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52439,
    "c": 0.20504,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.12301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BA4

secondary

#6AC16A

accent

#E24646

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BA4

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

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