#A42DC9#A42DC9

#A42DC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.233 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DC9
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 201)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 77.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 68.28, -56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 88.90, 320.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1691 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.233 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7892, 13.9875, 56.5357)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DC9 #52C92D

analogous

#562DC9 #A42DC9 #C92DA0

triadic

#A42DC9 #C9A42D #2DC9A4

tetradic

#A42DC9 #C9562D #52C92D #2DA0C9

square

#A42DC9 #C9562D #52C92D #2DA0C9

split-complementary

#A42DC9 #A0C92D #2DC956

monochromatic

#521765 #7B2297 #A42DC9 #BB59DA #D08BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#A42DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#A42DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DC9

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DC9	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.233 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c474da',
    500: '#a42dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42dc9;
$custom-light: #c474da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.769,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54964,
    "c": 0.2331,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DC9

secondary

#95CF83

accent

#E64169

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DC9

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

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