#A42DB2#A42DB2

#A42DB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.214 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DB2
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 178)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(294, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 64.08, -45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 78.79, 324.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.1716 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.214 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2834, 12.9851, 43.3382)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DB2 #3BB22D

analogous

#612DB2 #A42DB2 #B22D7D

triadic

#A42DB2 #B2A42D #2DB2A4

tetradic

#A42DB2 #B2612D #3BB22D #2D7DB2

square

#A42DB2 #B2612D #3BB22D #2D7DB2

split-complementary

#A42DB2 #7DB22D #2DB261

monochromatic

#4A1450 #772181 #A42DB2 #C34BD1 #D37CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#A42DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A42DB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DB2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DB2	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.214 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373ca',
    500: '#a42db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42db2;
$custom-light: #c373ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53451,
    "c": 0.21408,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DB2

secondary

#7DC675

accent

#E34556

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DB2

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

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