#A42BB4#A42BB4

#A42BB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.218 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BB4
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 180)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 65.07, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 80.38, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1732 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.218 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4111, 12.9170, 44.3786)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BB4 #3BB42B

analogous

#5F2BB4 #A42BB4 #B42B7F

triadic

#A42BB4 #B4A42B #2BB4A4

tetradic

#A42BB4 #B45F2B #3BB42B #2B7FB4

square

#A42BB4 #B45F2B #3BB42B #2B7FB4

split-complementary

#A42BB4 #7FB42B #2BB45F

monochromatic

#4A1351 #771F83 #A42BB4 #C349D3 #D37ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#A42BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A42BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BB4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BB4	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.218 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372cb',
    500: '#a42bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42bb4;
$custom-light: #c372cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.993,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53417,
    "c": 0.21773,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BB4

secondary

#7DC773

accent

#E54356

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BB4

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

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