#A42DB7#A42DB7

#A42DB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.218 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DB7
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 183)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(292, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, 64.96, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 80.95, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1712 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.218 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7945, 13.1896, 46.0304)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DB7 #40B72D

analogous

#5F2DB7 #A42DB7 #B72D85

triadic

#A42DB7 #B7A42D #2DB7A4

tetradic

#A42DB7 #B75F2D #40B72D #2D85B7

square

#A42DB7 #B75F2D #40B72D #2D85B7

split-complementary

#A42DB7 #85B72D #2DB75F

monochromatic

#4C1555 #782186 #A42DB7 #C14ED3 #D27FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#A42DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#A42DB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DB7

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DB7	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.218 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373cd',
    500: '#a42db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42db7;
$custom-light: #c373cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.739,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53767,
    "c": 0.21816,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DB7

secondary

#83C878

accent

#E4445A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DB7

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

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