#A42BA5#A42BA5

#A42BA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.206 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BA5
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 62.50, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 74.04, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1739 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.206 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9649, 12.3385, 36.7620)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BA5 #2CA52B

analogous

#672BA5 #A42BA5 #A52B69

triadic

#A42BA5 #A5A42B #2BA5A4

tetradic

#A42BA5 #A5672B #2CA52B #2B69A5

square

#A42BA5 #A5672B #2CA52B #2B69A5

split-complementary

#A42BA5 #69A52B #2BA567

monochromatic

#431244 #741E74 #A42BA5 #CC40CD #D971DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A42BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A42BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BA5

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BA5	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F59A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C68A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.206 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c0',
    500: '#a42ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ba5;
$custom-light: #c371c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.508,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52498,
    "c": 0.20582,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BA5

secondary

#6BC16B

accent

#E24647

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BA5

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

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