#A42E9F#A42E9F

#A42E9F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.198 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E9F
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, 60.50, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 70.44, 329.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.171 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.198 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5447, 12.3514, 33.9908)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E9F #2EA433

analogous

#6E2EA4 #A42E9F #A42E64

triadic

#A42E9F #9FA42E #2E9FA4

tetradic

#A42E9F #A46E2E #2EA433 #2E64A4

square

#A42E9F #A46E2E #2EA433 #2E64A4

split-complementary

#A42E9F #64A42E #2EA46E

monochromatic

#441342 #742171 #A42E9F #CB45C5 #D874D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#A42E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A42E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E9F

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E9F	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2058A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50689C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.198 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272bc',
    500: '#a42e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e9f;
$custom-light: #c272bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.542,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52405,
    "c": 0.19788,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E9F

secondary

#6EC071

accent

#DF4F48

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E9F

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

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