#A42EAD#A42EAD

#A42EAD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.209 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A42EAD
RGBrgb(164, 46, 173)
HSLhsl(296, 58%, 43%)
HSVhsv(296, 73%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(5.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(42.56, 62.87, -43.17)
CIE-LCHlch(42.56, 76.26, 325.52°)
OKLaboklab(53.23% 0.1709 -0.1202)
OKLCHoklch(53.23% 0.209 324.9)
XYZxyz(23.8291, 12.8652, 40.7552)
Luminance0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A42EAD #37AD2E
analogous
#642EAD #A42EAD #AD2E76
triadic
#A42EAD #ADA42E #2EADA4
tetradic
#A42EAD #AD642E #37AD2E #2E76AD
square
#A42EAD #AD642E #37AD2E #2E76AD
split-complementary
#A42EAD #76AD2E #2EAD64
monochromatic
#48144C #76217D #A42EAD #C549CF #D57ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88
#A42EAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57
#A42EAD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EAD
5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A42EAD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A42EAD1.005.883.575.88
#FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00
#0000003.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005BB0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4869AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8446B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a42ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.209 324.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c6',
    500: '#a42ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a42ead;
$custom-light: #c373c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a42ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.748,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53226,
    "c": 0.20897,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A42EAD
secondary
#79C473
accent
#E14752
background
#FCF7FC
surface
#F8EDF8
border
#D1C8D1
text
#130913
muted
#827B82

Preview Lab

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#A42EAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva