#A42CB4#A42CB4

#A42CB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.217 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CB4
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 180)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 64.75, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 80.02, 324.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1724 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.217 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4479, 12.9906, 44.3909)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CB4 #3CB42C

analogous

#602CB4 #A42CB4 #B42C80

triadic

#A42CB4 #B4A42C #2CB4A4

tetradic

#A42CB4 #B4602C #3CB42C #2C80B4

square

#A42CB4 #B4602C #3CB42C #2C80B4

split-complementary

#A42CB4 #80B42C #2CB460

monochromatic

#4A1452 #772083 #A42CB4 #C34AD3 #D37CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#A42CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A42CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CB4

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CB4	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6466F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.217 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372cb',
    500: '#a42cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cb4;
$custom-light: #c372cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53496,
    "c": 0.21673,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CB4

secondary

#7EC775

accent

#E44457

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CB4

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

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