#A42CB6#A42CB6

#A42CB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.218 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CB6
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 182)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(292, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 65.11, -47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 80.88, 323.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1722 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.218 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6531, 13.0727, 45.4716)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CB6 #3EB62C

analogous

#5F2CB6 #A42CB6 #B62C83

triadic

#A42CB6 #B6A42C #2CB6A4

tetradic

#A42CB6 #B65F2C #3EB62C #2C83B6

square

#A42CB6 #B65F2C #3EB62C #2C83B6

split-complementary

#A42CB6 #83B62C #2CB65F

monochromatic

#4B1453 #782085 #A42CB6 #C24CD4 #D37DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#A42CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A42CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CB6

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CB6	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.218 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373cc',
    500: '#a42cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cb6;
$custom-light: #c373cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53623,
    "c": 0.21835,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CB6

secondary

#81C876

accent

#E44459

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CB6

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

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