#A42CA2#A42CA2

#A42CA2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.202 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA2
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(301, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.70, 61.67, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.70, 72.44, 328.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.173 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.202 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7319, 12.3042, 35.3531)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA2 #2CA42E

analogous

#6A2CA4 #A42CA2 #A42C66

triadic

#A42CA2 #A2A42C #2CA2A4

tetradic

#A42CA2 #A46A2C #2CA42E #2C66A4

square

#A42CA2 #A46A2C #2CA42E #2C66A4

split-complementary

#A42CA2 #66A42C #2CA46A

monochromatic

#431243 #741F72 #A42CA2 #CC41CA #D971D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A42CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A42CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA2	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1858A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E689F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.202 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372be',
    500: '#a42ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca2;
$custom-light: #c372be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52405,
    "c": 0.20242,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA2

secondary

#6BC06D

accent

#E14947

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA2

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

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