#A42DB1#A42DB1

#A42DB1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.213 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DB1
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 177)
HSL	hsl(294, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(294, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.68, 63.90, -45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.68, 78.35, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1717 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.213 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1833, 12.9451, 42.8113)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DB1 #3AB12D

analogous

#622DB1 #A42DB1 #B12D7C

triadic

#A42DB1 #B1A42D #2DB1A4

tetradic

#A42DB1 #B1622D #3AB12D #2D7CB1

square

#A42DB1 #B1622D #3AB12D #2D7CB1

split-complementary

#A42DB1 #7CB12D #2DB162

monochromatic

#4A144F #772180 #A42DB1 #C44AD1 #D47BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#A42DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A42DB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DB1

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DB1	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4569AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7456D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.213 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c9',
    500: '#a42db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42db1;
$custom-light: #c373c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.091,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53388,
    "c": 0.21327,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DB1

secondary

#7CC674

accent

#E34555

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DB1

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

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