#A42CA7#A42CA7

#A42CA7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.206 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA7
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 167)
HSL	hsl(299, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 62.51, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 74.50, 327.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% 0.173 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.206 327)
XYZ	xyz(23.1852, 12.4855, 37.7405)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA7 #2FA72C

analogous

#672CA7 #A42CA7 #A72C6D

triadic

#A42CA7 #A7A42C #2CA7A4

tetradic

#A42CA7 #A7672C #2FA72C #2C6DA7

square

#A42CA7 #A7672C #2FA72C #2C6DA7

split-complementary

#A42CA7 #6DA72C #2CA767

monochromatic

#451246 #741F77 #A42CA7 #CA43CD #D873DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#A42CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A42CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA7

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA7	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D59AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B68A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.206 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c2',
    500: '#a42ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca7;
$custom-light: #c372c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.537,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52698,
    "c": 0.20633,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.12484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA7

secondary

#6FC26D

accent

#E2464A

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA7

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

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