#A42CB1#A42CB1

#A42CB1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.214 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CB1
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(294, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 64.23, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 78.73, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1726 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.214 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1456, 12.8697, 42.7988)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CB1 #39B12C

analogous

#612CB1 #A42CB1 #B12C7B

triadic

#A42CB1 #B1A42C #2CB1A4

tetradic

#A42CB1 #B1612C #39B12C #2C7BB1

square

#A42CB1 #B1612C #39B12C #2C7BB1

split-complementary

#A42CB1 #7BB12C #2CB161

monochromatic

#49144F #772080 #A42CB1 #C449D2 #D47ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#A42CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A42CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CB1

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CB1	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4469AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7456D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.214 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c9',
    500: '#a42cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cb1;
$custom-light: #c372c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.135,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53307,
    "c": 0.2143,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CB1

secondary

#7BC673

accent

#E34454

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CB1

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

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