#A42DAD#A42DAD

#A42DAD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.210 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DAD
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 173)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(296, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 74%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 63.20, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 76.64, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% 0.1719 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.21 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7905, 12.7880, 40.7423)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DAD #36AD2D

analogous

#642DAD #A42DAD #AD2D76

triadic

#A42DAD #ADA42D #2DADA4

tetradic

#A42DAD #AD642D #36AD2D #2D76AD

square

#A42DAD #AD642D #36AD2D #2D76AD

split-complementary

#A42DAD #76AD2D #2DAD64

monochromatic

#48144C #76207C #A42DAD #C648CF #D578DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A42DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A42DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DAD

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DAD	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4769AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.210 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c6',
    500: '#a42dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42dad;
$custom-light: #c373c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.781,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53142,
    "c": 0.21004,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DAD

secondary

#78C472

accent

#E24651

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DAD

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

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