#A42CA4#A42CA4

#A42CA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.204 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA4
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 62.01, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 73.26, 327.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.173 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.204 328)
XYZ	xyz(22.9111, 12.3759, 36.2968)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA4 #2CA42C

analogous

#682CA4 #A42CA4 #A42C68

triadic

#A42CA4 #A4A42C #2CA4A4

tetradic

#A42CA4 #A4682C #2CA42C #2C68A4

square

#A42CA4 #A4682C #2CA42C #2C68A4

split-complementary

#A42CA4 #68A42C #2CA468

monochromatic

#431243 #741F74 #A42CA4 #CC41CC #D971D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A42CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A42CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA4

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA4	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1459A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D68A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.204 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372bf',
    500: '#a42ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca4;
$custom-light: #c372bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52521,
    "c": 0.20398,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.12374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA4

secondary

#6BC06B

accent

#E14747

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA4

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

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