#A42EA8#A42EA8

#A42EA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.205 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EA8
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(298, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 62.01, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 74.15, 326.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.1711 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.205 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3543, 12.6753, 38.2547)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EA8 #32A82E

analogous

#672EA8 #A42EA8 #A82E6F

triadic

#A42EA8 #A8A42E #2EA8A4

tetradic

#A42EA8 #A8672E #32A82E #2E6FA8

square

#A42EA8 #A8672E #32A82E #2E6FA8

split-complementary

#A42EA8 #6FA82E #2EA867

monochromatic

#461448 #752178 #A42EA8 #C847CD #D677DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A42EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A42EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EA8

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EA8	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#105AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B69A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.205 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c2',
    500: '#a42ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ea8;
$custom-light: #c373c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.033,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52925,
    "c": 0.20496,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EA8

secondary

#73C270

accent

#E0484D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EA8

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

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