#A42CA3#A42CA3

#A42CA3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.203 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA3
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 163)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(301, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 61.84, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 72.84, 328.10°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.173 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.203 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8211, 12.3399, 35.8231)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA3 #2CA42D

analogous

#692CA4 #A42CA3 #A42C67

triadic

#A42CA3 #A3A42C #2CA3A4

tetradic

#A42CA3 #A4692C #2CA42D #2C67A4

square

#A42CA3 #A4692C #2CA42D #2C67A4

split-complementary

#A42CA3 #67A42C #2CA469

monochromatic

#431243 #741F73 #A42CA3 #CC41CB #D971D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A42CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A42CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA3

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA3	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1658A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D68A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.203 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372bf',
    500: '#a42ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca3;
$custom-light: #c372bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52463,
    "c": 0.2032,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA3

secondary

#6BC06C

accent

#E14847

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA3

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

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