#A42CBF#A42CBF

#A42CBF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.226 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CBF
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 191)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 77%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 66.74, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 84.82, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.1713 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.226 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6133, 13.4567, 50.5284)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CBF #47BF2C

analogous

#5B2CBF #A42CBF #BF2C90

triadic

#A42CBF #BFA42C #2CBFA4

tetradic

#A42CBF #BF5B2C #47BF2C #2C90BF

square

#A42CBF #BF5B2C #47BF2C #2C90BF

split-complementary

#A42CBF #90BF2C #2CBF5B

monochromatic

#4F155C #79218D #A42CBF #BE51D7 #D183E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#A42CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#A42CBF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CBF

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CBF	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.226 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373d3',
    500: '#a42cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cbf;
$custom-light: #c373d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.98,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54209,
    "c": 0.22573,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CBF

secondary

#8ACC7B

accent

#E64260

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CBF

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

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