#A42BB1#A42BB1

#A42BB1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.215 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BB1
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 177)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(294, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 75.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 64.55, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 79.09, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1734 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.215 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1088, 12.7961, 42.7865)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BB1 #38B12B

analogous

#612BB1 #A42BB1 #B12B7B

triadic

#A42BB1 #B1A42B #2BB1A4

tetradic

#A42BB1 #B1612B #38B12B #2B7BB1

square

#A42BB1 #B1612B #38B12B #2B7BB1

split-complementary

#A42BB1 #7BB12B #2BB161

monochromatic

#49134F #761F80 #A42BB1 #C547D2 #D478DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A42BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A42BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BB1

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BB1	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4369AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7446D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.215 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c9',
    500: '#a42bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42bb1;
$custom-light: #c372c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.179,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53227,
    "c": 0.21532,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BB1

secondary

#7AC672

accent

#E44453

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BB1

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

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