#A42DAA#A42DAA

#A42DAA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.208 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DAA
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 170)
HSL	hsl(297, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 62.69, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 75.38, 326.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.172 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.208 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5034, 12.6731, 39.2306)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DAA #33AA2D

analogous

#662DAA #A42DAA #AA2D72

triadic

#A42DAA #AAA42D #2DAAA4

tetradic

#A42DAA #AA662D #33AA2D #2D72AA

square

#A42DAA #AA662D #33AA2D #2D72AA

split-complementary

#A42DAA #72AA2D #2DAA66

monochromatic

#471349 #75207A #A42DAA #C846CE #D677DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A42DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A42DAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DAA

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DAA	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#065AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4969A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.208 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372c4',
    500: '#a42daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42daa;
$custom-light: #c372c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.12,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5296,
    "c": 0.20764,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DAA

secondary

#74C370

accent

#E1464E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DAA

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

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