#A42EA9#A42EA9

#A42EA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.206 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EA9
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(298, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 62.18, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 74.57, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% 0.1711 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.206 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4478, 12.7127, 38.7472)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EA9 #33A92E

analogous

#672EA9 #A42EA9 #A92E71

triadic

#A42EA9 #A9A42E #2EA9A4

tetradic

#A42EA9 #A9672E #33A92E #2E71A9

square

#A42EA9 #A9672E #33A92E #2E71A9

split-complementary

#A42EA9 #71A92E #2EA967

monochromatic

#471449 #752179 #A42EA9 #C847CD #D677DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#A42EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A42EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EA9

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EA9	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D5AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B69A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.206 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c3',
    500: '#a42ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ea9;
$custom-light: #c373c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.561,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52985,
    "c": 0.20576,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EA9

secondary

#74C271

accent

#E0474E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EA9

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

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