#A42EA5#A42EA5

#A42EA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.203 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EA5
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, 61.50, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 72.90, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1711 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.203 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0780, 12.5648, 36.7997)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EA5 #2FA52E

analogous

#692EA5 #A42EA5 #A52E6B

triadic

#A42EA5 #A5A42E #2EA5A4

tetradic

#A42EA5 #A5692E #2FA52E #2E6BA5

square

#A42EA5 #A5692E #2FA52E #2E6BA5

split-complementary

#A42EA5 #6BA52E #2EA569

monochromatic

#451345 #742175 #A42EA5 #CA45CB #D875D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A42EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A42EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EA5

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EA5	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#165AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D69A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.203 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c0',
    500: '#a42ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ea5;
$custom-light: #c373c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.496,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52749,
    "c": 0.20258,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EA5

secondary

#6FC06F

accent

#E04849

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EA5

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

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