#A42CB5#A42CB5

#A42CB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.218 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CB5
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 75.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 64.93, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 80.45, 323.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.1723 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.218 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5502, 13.0315, 44.9293)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CB5 #3DB52C

analogous

#602CB5 #A42CB5 #B52C82

triadic

#A42CB5 #B5A42C #2CB5A4

tetradic

#A42CB5 #B5602C #3DB52C #2C82B5

square

#A42CB5 #B5602C #3DB52C #2C82B5

split-complementary

#A42CB5 #82B52C #2CB560

monochromatic

#4B1453 #772084 #A42CB5 #C24BD3 #D37CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#A42CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A42CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CB5

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CB5	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6476F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.218 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372cc',
    500: '#a42cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cb5;
$custom-light: #c372cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.555,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53559,
    "c": 0.21754,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CB5

secondary

#7FC875

accent

#E44458

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CB5

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

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