#A42BB2#A42BB2

#A42BB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.216 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BB2
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 178)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(294, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 64.72, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 79.52, 324.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1734 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.216 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2089, 12.8361, 43.3133)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BB2 #39B22B

analogous

#602BB2 #A42BB2 #B22B7C

triadic

#A42BB2 #B2A42B #2BB2A4

tetradic

#A42BB2 #B2602B #39B22B #2B7CB2

square

#A42BB2 #B2602B #39B22B #2B7CB2

split-complementary

#A42BB2 #7CB22B #2BB260

monochromatic

#49134F #771F81 #A42BB2 #C448D3 #D479DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A42BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A42BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BB2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BB2	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4369AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7456D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.216 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372ca',
    500: '#a42bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42bb2;
$custom-light: #c372ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.778,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5329,
    "c": 0.21612,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BB2

secondary

#7BC772

accent

#E44454

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BB2

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

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