#A42BA9#A42BA9

#A42BA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.209 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BA9
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(298, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 63.17, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 75.70, 326.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.1738 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.209 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3347, 12.4864, 38.7095)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BA9 #30A92B

analogous

#652BA9 #A42BA9 #A92B6F

triadic

#A42BA9 #A9A42B #2BA9A4

tetradic

#A42BA9 #A9652B #30A92B #2B6FA9

square

#A42BA9 #A9652B #30A92B #2B6FA9

split-complementary

#A42BA9 #6FA92B #2BA965

monochromatic

#451247 #751F78 #A42BA9 #C942CF #D773DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#A42BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A42BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BA9

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BA9	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0259AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4968A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.209 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c3',
    500: '#a42ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ba9;
$custom-light: #c372c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.619,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52736,
    "c": 0.20895,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BA9

secondary

#70C36D

accent

#E3454B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BA9

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

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