#A42C9E#A42C9E

#A42C9E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.199 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C9E
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(303, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(303, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 61.02, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 70.82, 329.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1729 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.199 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3820, 12.1642, 33.5102)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C9E #2CA432

analogous

#6E2CA4 #A42C9E #A42C62

triadic

#A42C9E #9EA42C #2C9EA4

tetradic

#A42C9E #A46E2C #2CA432 #2C62A4

square

#A42C9E #A46E2C #2CA432 #2C62A4

split-complementary

#A42C9E #62A42C #2CA46E

monochromatic

#431241 #741F70 #A42C9E #CC41C5 #D971D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#A42C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#A42C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C9E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C9E	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.199 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372bb',
    500: '#a42c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c9e;
$custom-light: #c372bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52177,
    "c": 0.19934,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C9E

secondary

#6BC070

accent

#E14F47

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C9E

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

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