#A42EA7#A42EA7

#A42EA7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.204 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EA7
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 61.84, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 73.73, 327.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1711 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.204 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2615, 12.6381, 37.7659)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EA7 #31A72E

analogous

#672EA7 #A42EA7 #A72E6E

triadic

#A42EA7 #A7A42E #2EA7A4

tetradic

#A42EA7 #A7672E #31A72E #2E6EA7

square

#A42EA7 #A7672E #31A72E #2E6EA7

split-complementary

#A42EA7 #6EA72E #2EA767

monochromatic

#461447 #752177 #A42EA7 #C946CC #D776D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#A42EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A42EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EA7

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EA7	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#125AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C69A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.204 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c2',
    500: '#a42ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ea7;
$custom-light: #c373c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.512,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52866,
    "c": 0.20416,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EA7

secondary

#72C170

accent

#E0484C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EA7

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

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