#A42BA6#A42BA6

#A42BA6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.207 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BA6
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 166)
HSL	hsl(299, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 62.67, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 74.46, 327.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.1739 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.207 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0563, 12.3751, 37.2433)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BA6 #2DA62B

analogous

#662BA6 #A42BA6 #A62B6A

triadic

#A42BA6 #A6A42B #2BA6A4

tetradic

#A42BA6 #A6662B #2DA62B #2B6AA6

square

#A42BA6 #A6662B #2DA62B #2B6AA6

split-complementary

#A42BA6 #6AA62B #2BA666

monochromatic

#441245 #741E75 #A42BA6 #CB41CE #D971DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A42BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A42BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BA6

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BA6	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B68A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.207 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371c1',
    500: '#a42ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ba6;
$custom-light: #c371c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.024,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52557,
    "c": 0.2066,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BA6

secondary

#6DC16B

accent

#E24648

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BA6

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

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