#A42CB7#A42CB7

#A42CB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.219 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CB7
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 183)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(292, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 76%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 65.29, -48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 81.32, 323.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1721 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.219 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7568, 13.1142, 46.0178)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CB7 #3FB72C

analogous

#5F2CB7 #A42CB7 #B72C84

triadic

#A42CB7 #B7A42C #2CB7A4

tetradic

#A42CB7 #B75F2C #3FB72C #2C84B7

square

#A42CB7 #B75F2C #3FB72C #2C84B7

split-complementary

#A42CB7 #84B72C #2CB75F

monochromatic

#4C1454 #782086 #A42CB7 #C14CD4 #D27EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#A42CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#A42CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CB7

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CB7	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.219 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373cd',
    500: '#a42cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cb7;
$custom-light: #c373cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.799,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53687,
    "c": 0.21917,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CB7

secondary

#82C876

accent

#E44359

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CB7

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

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