#A42CA6#A42CA6

#A42CA6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.206 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA6
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(299, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, 62.34, -40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 74.08, 327.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.173 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.206 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0931, 12.4487, 37.2555)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA6 #2EA62C

analogous

#672CA6 #A42CA6 #A62C6B

triadic

#A42CA6 #A6A42C #2CA6A4

tetradic

#A42CA6 #A6672C #2EA62C #2C6BA6

square

#A42CA6 #A6672C #2EA62C #2C6BA6

split-complementary

#A42CA6 #6BA62C #2CA667

monochromatic

#441245 #741F76 #A42CA6 #CB42CD #D873DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A42CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A42CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA6

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA6	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B68A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.206 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c1',
    500: '#a42ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca6;
$custom-light: #c372c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.016,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52639,
    "c": 0.20554,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA6

secondary

#6EC16D

accent

#E14649

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA6

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

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