#A42E9E#A42E9E

#A42E9E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.197 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E9E
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 60.34, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 70.04, 329.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.171 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.197 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4583, 12.3168, 33.5357)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E9E #2EA434

analogous

#6F2EA4 #A42E9E #A42E63

triadic

#A42E9E #9EA42E #2E9EA4

tetradic

#A42E9E #A46F2E #2EA434 #2E63A4

square

#A42E9E #A46F2E #2EA434 #2E63A4

split-complementary

#A42E9E #63A42E #2EA46F

monochromatic

#441342 #742170 #A42E9E #CB45C4 #D874D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A42E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A42E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E9E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E9E	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2158A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.197 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272bb',
    500: '#a42e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e9e;
$custom-light: #c272bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.051,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52349,
    "c": 0.19711,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E9E

secondary

#6EC072

accent

#DF5048

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E9E

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

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