#A42EA1#A42EA1

#A42EA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.199 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EA1
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 1.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 60.83, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 71.25, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1711 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.199 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7197, 12.4214, 34.9122)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EA1 #2EA431

analogous

#6C2EA4 #A42EA1 #A42E66

triadic

#A42EA1 #A1A42E #2EA1A4

tetradic

#A42EA1 #A46C2E #2EA431 #2E66A4

square

#A42EA1 #A46C2E #2EA431 #2E66A4

split-complementary

#A42EA1 #66A42E #2EA46C

monochromatic

#441343 #742172 #A42EA1 #CB45C7 #D874D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A42EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A42EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EA1

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EA1	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D59A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F689E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.199 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373bd',
    500: '#a42ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ea1;
$custom-light: #c373bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.525,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52518,
    "c": 0.19944,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EA1

secondary

#6EC070

accent

#DF4C48

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EA1

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

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