#A42DB3#A42DB3

#A42DB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.215 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DB3
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 179)
HSL	hsl(293, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 64.25, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 79.22, 324.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1715 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.215 323)
XYZ	xyz(24.3841, 13.0254, 43.8689)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DB3 #3CB32D

analogous

#612DB3 #A42DB3 #B32D7F

triadic

#A42DB3 #B3A42D #2DB3A4

tetradic

#A42DB3 #B3612D #3CB32D #2D7FB3

square

#A42DB3 #B3612D #3CB32D #2D7FB3

split-complementary

#A42DB3 #7FB32D #2DB361

monochromatic

#4A1451 #772182 #A42DB3 #C34BD2 #D37CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#A42DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A42DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DB3

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DB3	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.215 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373ca',
    500: '#a42db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42db3;
$custom-light: #c373ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.284,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53513,
    "c": 0.21489,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.13024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DB3

secondary

#7EC775

accent

#E34557

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DB3

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

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