#A42DA5#A42DA5

#A42DA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.204 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DA5
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 61.84, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 73.29, 327.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1721 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.204 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0394, 12.4875, 36.7869)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DA5 #2EA52D

analogous

#682DA5 #A42DA5 #A52D6A

triadic

#A42DA5 #A5A42D #2DA5A4

tetradic

#A42DA5 #A5682D #2EA52D #2D6AA5

square

#A42DA5 #A5682D #2EA52D #2D6AA5

split-complementary

#A42DA5 #6AA52D #2DA568

monochromatic

#441345 #742075 #A42DA5 #CB43CC #D873D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A42DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A42DA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DA5

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DA5	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1459A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C68A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.204 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c0',
    500: '#a42da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42da5;
$custom-light: #c372c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52664,
    "c": 0.20368,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DA5

secondary

#6EC16D

accent

#E04749

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DA5

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

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