#A42BAA#A42BAA

#A42BAA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.210 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BAA
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(297, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 63.34, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 76.12, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% 0.1738 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.21 326)
XYZ	xyz(23.4289, 12.5241, 39.2058)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BAA #31AA2B

analogous

#642BAA #A42BAA #AA2B71

triadic

#A42BAA #AAA42B #2BAAA4

tetradic

#A42BAA #AA642B #31AA2B #2B71AA

square

#A42BAA #AA642B #31AA2B #2B71AA

split-complementary

#A42BAA #71AA2B #2BAA64

monochromatic

#461248 #751F79 #A42BAA #C943CF #D774DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#A42BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A42BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BAA

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BAA	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4868A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.210 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c4',
    500: '#a42baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42baa;
$custom-light: #c372c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.165,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52797,
    "c": 0.20974,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.12523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BAA

secondary

#72C36E

accent

#E3454C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BAA

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

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