#A42CA5#A42CA5

#A42CA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.205 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA5
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, 62.17, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 73.67, 327.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.173 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.205 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0017, 12.4121, 36.7743)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA5 #2DA52C

analogous

#672CA5 #A42CA5 #A52C69

triadic

#A42CA5 #A5A42C #2CA5A4

tetradic

#A42CA5 #A5672C #2DA52C #2C69A5

square

#A42CA5 #A5672C #2DA52C #2C69A5

split-complementary

#A42CA5 #69A52C #2CA567

monochromatic

#441244 #741F75 #A42CA5 #CB42CD #D972D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A42CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A42CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA5

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA5	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1259A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C68A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.205 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c0',
    500: '#a42ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca5;
$custom-light: #c372c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.504,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5258,
    "c": 0.20476,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA5

secondary

#6DC16C

accent

#E14748

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA5

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

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