#A42CAD#A42CAD

#A42CAD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.211 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CAD
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 173)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(296, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 63.53, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 77.02, 325.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1728 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.211 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7528, 12.7125, 40.7297)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CAD #35AD2C

analogous

#642CAD #A42CAD #AD2C75

triadic

#A42CAD #ADA42C #2CADA4

tetradic

#A42CAD #AD642C #35AD2C #2C75AD

square

#A42CAD #AD642C #35AD2C #2C75AD

split-complementary

#A42CAD #75AD2C #2CAD64

monochromatic

#47134B #76207C #A42CAD #C646D0 #D577DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#A42CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A42CAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CAD

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CAD	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4769AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.211 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c6',
    500: '#a42cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cad;
$custom-light: #c372c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.814,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5306,
    "c": 0.21109,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CAD

secondary

#76C471

accent

#E34550

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CAD

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

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