#A42E9C#A42E9C

#A42E9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.196 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E9C
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 4.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 60.01, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 69.24, 330.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1709 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.196 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2875, 12.2485, 32.6364)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E9C #2EA436

analogous

#712EA4 #A42E9C #A42E61

triadic

#A42E9C #9CA42E #2E9CA4

tetradic

#A42E9C #A4712E #2EA436 #2E61A4

square

#A42E9C #A4712E #2EA436 #2E61A4

split-complementary

#A42E9C #61A42E #2EA471

monochromatic

#441341 #74216F #A42E9C #CB45C2 #D874D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#A42E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A42E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E9C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E9C	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23589F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.196 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272b9',
    500: '#a42e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e9c;
$custom-light: #c272b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.068,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52237,
    "c": 0.19556,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E9C

secondary

#6EC074

accent

#DF5348

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E9C

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

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