#A42BB3#A42BB3

#A42BB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.217 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BB3
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 64.90, -46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 79.95, 324.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1733 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.217 323)
XYZ	xyz(24.3096, 12.8764, 43.8440)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BB3 #3AB32B

analogous

#602BB3 #A42BB3 #B32B7E

triadic

#A42BB3 #B3A42B #2BB3A4

tetradic

#A42BB3 #B3602B #3AB32B #2B7EB3

square

#A42BB3 #B3602B #3AB32B #2B7EB3

split-complementary

#A42BB3 #7EB32B #2BB360

monochromatic

#4A1350 #771F82 #A42BB3 #C448D3 #D479DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#A42BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A42BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BB3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BB3	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.217 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372ca',
    500: '#a42bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42bb3;
$custom-light: #c372ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.382,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53353,
    "c": 0.21692,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.12875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BB3

secondary

#7CC773

accent

#E44355

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BB3

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

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