#A42E9D#A42E9D

#A42E9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.196 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E9D
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 60.18, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 69.63, 329.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1709 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.196 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3726, 12.2826, 33.0842)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E9D #2EA435

analogous

#702EA4 #A42E9D #A42E62

triadic

#A42E9D #9DA42E #2E9DA4

tetradic

#A42E9D #A4702E #2EA435 #2E62A4

square

#A42E9D #A4702E #2EA435 #2E62A4

split-complementary

#A42E9D #62A42E #2EA470

monochromatic

#441341 #74216F #A42E9D #CB45C3 #D874D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A42E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A42E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E9D

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E9D	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2258A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51689A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.196 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272ba',
    500: '#a42e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e9d;
$custom-light: #c272ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.559,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52293,
    "c": 0.19633,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E9D

secondary

#6EC073

accent

#DF5148

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E9D

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

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