#A42CB8#A42CB8

#A42CB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.220 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CB8
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 184)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 65.47, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 81.75, 323.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.172 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.22 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8613, 13.1560, 46.5679)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CB8 #40B82C

analogous

#5E2CB8 #A42CB8 #B82C86

triadic

#A42CB8 #B8A42C #2CB8A4

tetradic

#A42CB8 #B85E2C #40B82C #2C86B8

square

#A42CB8 #B85E2C #40B82C #2C86B8

split-complementary

#A42CB8 #86B82C #2CB85E

monochromatic

#4C1455 #782087 #A42CB8 #C14DD4 #D27EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#A42CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A42CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CB8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CB8	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.220 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373ce',
    500: '#a42cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cb8;
$custom-light: #c373ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53751,
    "c": 0.21998,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CB8

secondary

#83C977

accent

#E5435A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CB8

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

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