#A42BAE#A42BAE

#A42BAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.213 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BAE
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(295, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(295, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 64.03, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 77.81, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1736 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.213 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8131, 12.6778, 41.2290)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BAE #35AE2B

analogous

#632BAE #A42BAE #AE2B76

triadic

#A42BAE #AEA42B #2BAEA4

tetradic

#A42BAE #AE632B #35AE2B #2B76AE

square

#A42BAE #AE632B #35AE2B #2B76AE

split-complementary

#A42BAE #76AE2B #2BAE63

monochromatic

#47134C #761F7D #A42BAE #C645D1 #D576DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A42BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A42BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BAE

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BAE	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4669AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.213 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c7',
    500: '#a42bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42bae;
$custom-light: #c372c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.42,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53041,
    "c": 0.21291,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BAE

secondary

#76C570

accent

#E44450

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BAE

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

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