#A42C9D#A42C9D

#A42C9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.199 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C9D
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(304, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(304, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 60.86, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 70.42, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1729 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.199 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2963, 12.1299, 33.0588)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C9D #2CA433

analogous

#6F2CA4 #A42C9D #A42C61

triadic

#A42C9D #9DA42C #2C9DA4

tetradic

#A42C9D #A46F2C #2CA433 #2C61A4

square

#A42C9D #A46F2C #2CA433 #2C61A4

split-complementary

#A42C9D #61A42C #2CA46F

monochromatic

#431241 #741F6F #A42C9D #CC41C4 #D971D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#A42C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#A42C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C9D

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C9D	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50679A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.199 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372ba',
    500: '#a42c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c9d;
$custom-light: #c372ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52121,
    "c": 0.19858,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C9D

secondary

#6BC070

accent

#E15047

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C9D

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

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