#A42EA0#A42EA0

#A42EA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.199 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EA0
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 160)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.82, 60.67, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.82, 70.84, 328.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.171 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.199 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6318, 12.3863, 34.4497)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EA0 #2EA432

analogous

#6D2EA4 #A42EA0 #A42E65

triadic

#A42EA0 #A0A42E #2EA0A4

tetradic

#A42EA0 #A46D2E #2EA432 #2E65A4

square

#A42EA0 #A46D2E #2EA432 #2E65A4

split-complementary

#A42EA0 #65A42E #2EA46D

monochromatic

#441343 #742171 #A42EA0 #CB45C6 #D874D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A42EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A42EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EA0

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EA0	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E59A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50689D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.199 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c372bc',
    500: '#a42ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ea0;
$custom-light: #c372bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.034,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52462,
    "c": 0.19866,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EA0

secondary

#6EC071

accent

#DF4D48

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EA0

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

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