#A42DB8#A42DB8

#A42DB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.219 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DB8
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 184)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 65.14, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 81.39, 323.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1712 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.219 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8990, 13.2314, 46.5805)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DB8 #41B82D

analogous

#5F2DB8 #A42DB8 #B82D87

triadic

#A42DB8 #B8A42D #2DB8A4

tetradic

#A42DB8 #B85F2D #41B82D #2D87B8

square

#A42DB8 #B85F2D #41B82D #2D87B8

split-complementary

#A42DB8 #87B82D #2DB85F

monochromatic

#4C1556 #782187 #A42DB8 #C14ED4 #D280E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#A42DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A42DB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DB8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DB8	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.219 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373ce',
    500: '#a42db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42db8;
$custom-light: #c373ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.367,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53831,
    "c": 0.21898,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DB8

secondary

#84C978

accent

#E4445B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DB8

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

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