#A42E97#A42E97

#A42E97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.192 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E97
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 59.22, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 67.27, 331.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1706 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.192 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8728, 12.0827, 30.4523)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E97 #2EA43B

analogous

#762EA4 #A42E97 #A42E5C

triadic

#A42E97 #97A42E #2E97A4

tetradic

#A42E97 #A4762E #2EA43B #2E5CA4

square

#A42E97 #A4762E #2EA43B #2E5CA4

split-complementary

#A42E97 #5CA42E #2EA476

monochromatic

#44133F #74216B #A42E97 #CB45BC #D874CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#A42E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A42E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E97

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E97	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29579A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.192 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272b6',
    500: '#a42e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e97;
$custom-light: #c272b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.61,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51965,
    "c": 0.19178,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E97

secondary

#6EC077

accent

#DF5948

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E97

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

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