#A42C99#A42C99

#A42C99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.196 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C99
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(306, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(306, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 60.22, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 68.83, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% 0.1727 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.196 332)
XYZ	xyz(21.9603, 11.9956, 31.2896)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C99 #2CA437

analogous

#732CA4 #A42C99 #A42C5D

triadic

#A42C99 #99A42C #2C99A4

tetradic

#A42C99 #A4732C #2CA437 #2C5DA4

square

#A42C99 #A4732C #2CA437 #2C5DA4

split-complementary

#A42C99 #5DA42C #2CA473

monochromatic

#43123F #741F6C #A42C99 #CC41BF #D971D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A42C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A42C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C99

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C99	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24569C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.196 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371b7',
    500: '#a42c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c99;
$custom-light: #c371b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51899,
    "c": 0.19555,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.11994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C99

secondary

#6BC073

accent

#E15547

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C99

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

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