#A42DD4#A42DD4

#A42DD4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.242 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42DD4
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 212)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 78.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 70.38, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 93.83, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1672 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.242 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1298, 14.5237, 63.5962)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42DD4 #5DD42D

analogous

#502DD4 #A42DD4 #D42DB1

triadic

#A42DD4 #D4A42D #2DD4A4

tetradic

#A42DD4 #D4502D #5DD42D #2DB1D4

square

#A42DD4 #D4502D #5DD42D #2DB1D4

split-complementary

#A42DD4 #B1D42D #2DD450

monochromatic

#561770 #7D21A3 #A42DD4 #BA60DE #D093E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A42DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A42DD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42DD4

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42DD4	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#186DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.242 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c474e2',
    500: '#a42dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42dd4;
$custom-light: #c474e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.754,
    "s": 66.008,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55738,
    "c": 0.24237,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42DD4

secondary

#9FD489

accent

#E93F70

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#130915

muted

#827B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42DD4

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

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