#A42CB3#A42CB3

#A42CB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.216 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CB3
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 64.58, -46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 79.59, 324.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.1724 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.216 323)
XYZ	xyz(24.3464, 12.9500, 43.8563)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CB3 #3BB32C

analogous

#602CB3 #A42CB3 #B32C7E

triadic

#A42CB3 #B3A42C #2CB3A4

tetradic

#A42CB3 #B3602C #3BB32C #2C7EB3

square

#A42CB3 #B3602C #3BB32C #2C7EB3

split-complementary

#A42CB3 #7EB32C #2CB360

monochromatic

#4A1451 #772082 #A42CB3 #C34AD2 #D37BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#A42CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A42CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CB3

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CB3	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.216 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372ca',
    500: '#a42cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cb3;
$custom-light: #c372ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53432,
    "c": 0.21592,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.12949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CB3

secondary

#7DC774

accent

#E44456

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CB3

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

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