#A42CA9#A42CA9

#A42CA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.208 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CA9
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(298, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 62.85, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 75.33, 326.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% 0.1729 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.208 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3715, 12.5600, 38.7218)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CA9 #31A92C

analogous

#662CA9 #A42CA9 #A92C70

triadic

#A42CA9 #A9A42C #2CA9A4

tetradic

#A42CA9 #A9662C #31A92C #2C70A9

square

#A42CA9 #A9662C #31A92C #2C70A9

split-complementary

#A42CA9 #70A92C #2CA966

monochromatic

#461348 #751F78 #A42CA9 #C944CE #D774DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A42CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A42CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CA9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CA9	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#065AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A68A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.208 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c3',
    500: '#a42ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ca9;
$custom-light: #c372c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52817,
    "c": 0.20791,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CA9

secondary

#72C36E

accent

#E2464C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CA9

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

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