#A42DD3#A42DD3

#A42DD3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.242 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DD3
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 211)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 70.19, -61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 93.38, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1673 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.242 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0041, 14.4734, 62.9339)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DD3 #5CD32D

analogous

#512DD3 #A42DD3 #D32DAF

triadic

#A42DD3 #D3A42D #2DD3A4

tetradic

#A42DD3 #D3512D #5CD32D #2DAFD3

square

#A42DD3 #D3512D #5CD32D #2DAFD3

split-complementary

#A42DD3 #AFD32D #2DD351

monochromatic

#56176E #7D22A1 #A42DD3 #BA60DE #D092E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A42DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A42DD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DD3

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DD3	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.242 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c474e1',
    500: '#a42dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42dd3;
$custom-light: #c474e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.012,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55667,
    "c": 0.24153,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DD3

secondary

#9ED389

accent

#E83F6F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DD3

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

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