#A42EA6#A42EA6

#A42EA6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.203 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EA6
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 61.67, -39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 73.31, 327.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.1711 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.203 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1694, 12.6013, 37.2810)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EA6 #30A62E

analogous

#682EA6 #A42EA6 #A62E6C

triadic

#A42EA6 #A6A42E #2EA6A4

tetradic

#A42EA6 #A6682E #30A62E #2E6CA6

square

#A42EA6 #A6682E #30A62E #2E6CA6

split-complementary

#A42EA6 #6CA62E #2EA668

monochromatic

#451346 #752176 #A42EA6 #C946CC #D776D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A42EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A42EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EA6

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EA6	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#145AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C69A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.203 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c1',
    500: '#a42ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ea6;
$custom-light: #c373c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52808,
    "c": 0.20337,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EA6

secondary

#70C16F

accent

#E0484A

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EA6

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

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