#A42BE2#A42BE2

#A42BE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.256 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42BE2
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 81%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 73.72, -68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 100.80, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1655 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.256 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8985, 15.1119, 73.2786)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42BE2 #69E22B

analogous

#482BE2 #A42BE2 #E22BC5

triadic

#A42BE2 #E2A42B #2BE2A4

tetradic

#A42BE2 #E2482B #69E22B #2BC5E2

square

#A42BE2 #E2482B #69E22B #2BC5E2

split-complementary

#A42BE2 #C5E22B #2BE248

monochromatic

#5B1281 #8119B7 #A42BE2 #BB61E9 #D297F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A42BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A42BE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42BE2

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42BE2	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.256 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c574ec',
    500: '#a42be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42be2;
$custom-light: #c574ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.672,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56626,
    "c": 0.2559,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42BE2

secondary

#A8DC8D

accent

#F33575

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140916

muted

#827B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42BE2

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

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