#A42CA1#A42CA1

#A42CA1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.202 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA1
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(302, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 1.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, 61.51, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 72.03, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.173 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.202 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6434, 12.2688, 34.8868)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA1 #2CA42F

analogous

#6B2CA4 #A42CA1 #A42C65

triadic

#A42CA1 #A1A42C #2CA1A4

tetradic

#A42CA1 #A46B2C #2CA42F #2C65A4

square

#A42CA1 #A46B2C #2CA42F #2C65A4

split-complementary

#A42CA1 #65A42C #2CA46B

monochromatic

#431242 #741F72 #A42CA1 #CC41C9 #D971D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A42CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A42CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA1

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA1	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A58A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E689E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.202 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372bd',
    500: '#a42ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca1;
$custom-light: #c372bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52348,
    "c": 0.20165,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA1

secondary

#6BC06E

accent

#E14B47

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA1

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

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