#A42CAC#A42CAC

#A42CAC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.210 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CAC
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 172)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(296, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 63.36, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 76.60, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1728 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.21 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6564, 12.6740, 40.2220)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CAC #34AC2C

analogous

#642CAC #A42CAC #AC2C74

triadic

#A42CAC #ACA42C #2CACA4

tetradic

#A42CAC #AC642C #34AC2C #2C74AC

square

#A42CAC #AC642C #34AC2C #2C74AC

split-complementary

#A42CAC #74AC2C #2CAC64

monochromatic

#47134B #76207B #A42CAC #C746D0 #D676DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A42CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A42CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CAC

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CAC	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4869A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8426A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.210 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c5',
    500: '#a42cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cac;
$custom-light: #c372c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52999,
    "c": 0.21029,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CAC

secondary

#75C470

accent

#E2454F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CAC

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

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