#A42CC0#A42CC0

#A42CC0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.227 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42CC0
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 192)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 77.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 66.92, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 85.26, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1711 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.227 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7237, 13.5009, 51.1099)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42CC0 #48C02C

analogous

#5A2CC0 #A42CC0 #C02C92

triadic

#A42CC0 #C0A42C #2CC0A4

tetradic

#A42CC0 #C05A2C #48C02C #2C92C0

square

#A42CC0 #C05A2C #48C02C #2C92C0

split-complementary

#A42CC0 #92C02C #2CC05A

monochromatic

#4F155C #79218E #A42CC0 #BE52D7 #D184E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#A42CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#A42CC0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42CC0

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42CC0	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.227 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373d4',
    500: '#a42cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42cc0;
$custom-light: #c373d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54276,
    "c": 0.22655,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42CC0

secondary

#8BCC7C

accent

#E64261

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42CC0

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

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