#A42E9B#A42E9B

#A42E9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.195 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E9B
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 5.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 59.85, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 68.84, 330.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1709 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.195 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2032, 12.2148, 32.1923)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E9B #2EA437

analogous

#722EA4 #A42E9B #A42E60

triadic

#A42E9B #9BA42E #2E9BA4

tetradic

#A42E9B #A4722E #2EA437 #2E60A4

square

#A42E9B #A4722E #2EA437 #2E60A4

split-complementary

#A42E9B #60A42E #2EA472

monochromatic

#441341 #74216E #A42E9B #CB45C0 #D874D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#A42E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A42E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E9B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E9B	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25589E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.195 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272b9',
    500: '#a42e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e9b;
$custom-light: #c272b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.576,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52182,
    "c": 0.1948,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E9B

secondary

#6EC074

accent

#DF5448

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E9B

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

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