#A42DBD#A42DBD

#A42DBD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.223 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DBD
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(290, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, 66.05, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 83.58, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1707 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.223 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4324, 13.4447, 49.3897)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DBD #46BD2D

analogous

#5C2DBD #A42DBD #BD2D8E

triadic

#A42DBD #BDA42D #2DBDA4

tetradic

#A42DBD #BD5C2D #46BD2D #2D8EBD

square

#A42DBD #BD5C2D #46BD2D #2D8EBD

split-complementary

#A42DBD #8EBD2D #2DBD5C

monochromatic

#4E155A #79218C #A42DBD #BF52D6 #D183E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#A42DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#A42DBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DBD

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DBD	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.223 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373d2',
    500: '#a42dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42dbd;
$custom-light: #c373d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54156,
    "c": 0.2231,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DBD

secondary

#89CB7B

accent

#E5435F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DBD

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

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