#A42E9A#A42E9A

#A42E9A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.194 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E9A
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 6.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 59.69, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 68.44, 330.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% 0.1708 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.194 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1196, 12.1814, 31.7518)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E9A #2EA438

analogous

#732EA4 #A42E9A #A42E5F

triadic

#A42E9A #9AA42E #2E9AA4

tetradic

#A42E9A #A4732E #2EA438 #2E5FA4

square

#A42E9A #A4732E #2EA438 #2E5FA4

split-complementary

#A42E9A #5FA42E #2EA473

monochromatic

#441340 #74216D #A42E9A #CB45BF #D874D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A42E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A42E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E9A

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E9A	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26579D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.194 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272b8',
    500: '#a42e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e9a;
$custom-light: #c272b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.085,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52127,
    "c": 0.19404,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E9A

secondary

#6EC075

accent

#DF5548

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E9A

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

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