#A42BBC#A42BBC

#A42BBC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.224 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BBC
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 77.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, 66.50, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 83.86, 322.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1725 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.224 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2497, 13.2524, 48.7952)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BBC #43BC2B

analogous

#5B2BBC #A42BBC #BC2B8B

triadic

#A42BBC #BCA42B #2BBCA4

tetradic

#A42BBC #BC5B2B #43BC2B #2B8BBC

square

#A42BBC #BC5B2B #43BC2B #2B8BBC

split-complementary

#A42BBC #8BBC2B #2BBC5B

monochromatic

#4D1458 #79208A #A42BBC #C04ED6 #D280E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#A42BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A42BBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BBC

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BBC	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.224 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372d1',
    500: '#a42bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42bbc;
$custom-light: #c372d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.069,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53934,
    "c": 0.22422,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BBC

secondary

#86CB78

accent

#E6425D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BBC

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

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