#A42C9F#A42C9F

#A42C9F is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.200 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C9F
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(303, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(303, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 61.18, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 71.22, 329.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.173 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.2 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4684, 12.1988, 33.9654)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C9F #2CA431

analogous

#6D2CA4 #A42C9F #A42C63

triadic

#A42C9F #9FA42C #2C9FA4

tetradic

#A42C9F #A46D2C #2CA431 #2C63A4

square

#A42C9F #A46D2C #2CA431 #2C63A4

split-complementary

#A42C9F #63A42C #2CA46D

monochromatic

#431241 #741F70 #A42C9F #CC41C6 #D971D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A42C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A42C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C9F

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C9F	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D58A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F689C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.200 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372bc',
    500: '#a42c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c9f;
$custom-light: #c372bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52234,
    "c": 0.20011,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C9F

secondary

#6BC06F

accent

#E14D47

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C9F

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

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