#A42DB4#A42DB4

#A42DB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.216 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DB4
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 180)
HSL	hsl(293, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 75%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 64.43, -46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 79.65, 323.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.1715 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.216 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4856, 13.0660, 44.4034)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DB4 #3DB42D

analogous

#612DB4 #A42DB4 #B42D81

triadic

#A42DB4 #B4A42D #2DB4A4

tetradic

#A42DB4 #B4612D #3DB42D #2D81B4

square

#A42DB4 #B4612D #3DB42D #2D81B4

split-complementary

#A42DB4 #81B42D #2DB461

monochromatic

#4B1552 #772183 #A42DB4 #C24CD2 #D37DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#A42DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A42DB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DB4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DB4	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6476F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.216 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373cb',
    500: '#a42db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42db4;
$custom-light: #c373cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53576,
    "c": 0.21571,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DB4

secondary

#7FC776

accent

#E34557

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DB4

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

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