#A42CBC#A42CBC

#A42CBC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.223 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CBC
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 66.19, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 83.50, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1716 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.223 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2865, 13.3260, 48.8075)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CBC #44BC2C

analogous

#5C2CBC #A42CBC #BC2C8C

triadic

#A42CBC #BCA42C #2CBCA4

tetradic

#A42CBC #BC5C2C #44BC2C #2C8CBC

square

#A42CBC #BC5C2C #44BC2C #2C8CBC

split-complementary

#A42CBC #8CBC2C #2CBC5C

monochromatic

#4D1559 #79208A #A42CBC #BF4FD6 #D181E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#A42CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#A42CBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CBC

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CBC	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.223 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373d1',
    500: '#a42cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cbc;
$custom-light: #c373d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54011,
    "c": 0.22326,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CBC

secondary

#87CA79

accent

#E5435E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CBC

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

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