#A42E96#A42E96

#A42E96 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.191 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E96
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 150)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, 59.06, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 66.88, 332.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.1705 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.191 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7920, 12.0503, 30.0265)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E96 #2EA43C

analogous

#772EA4 #A42E96 #A42E5B

triadic

#A42E96 #96A42E #2E96A4

tetradic

#A42E96 #A4772E #2EA43C #2E5BA4

square

#A42E96 #A4772E #2EA43C #2E5BA4

split-complementary

#A42E96 #5BA42E #2EA477

monochromatic

#44133F #74216A #A42E96 #CB45BB #D874CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#A42E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#A42E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E96

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E96	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB395F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.191 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272b5',
    500: '#a42e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e96;
$custom-light: #c272b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.119,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51911,
    "c": 0.19103,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E96

secondary

#6EC078

accent

#DF5A48

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E96

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

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