#A42EAE#A42EAE

#A42EAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.210 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EAE
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(295, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, 63.04, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 76.69, 325.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1709 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.21 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9262, 12.9040, 41.2667)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EAE #38AE2E

analogous

#642EAE #A42EAE #AE2E78

triadic

#A42EAE #AEA42E #2EAEA4

tetradic

#A42EAE #AE642E #38AE2E #2E78AE

square

#A42EAE #AE642E #38AE2E #2E78AE

split-complementary

#A42EAE #78AE2E #2EAE64

monochromatic

#49144D #76217E #A42EAE #C54ACF #D47ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#A42EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A42EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EAE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EAE	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4769AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.210 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c7',
    500: '#a42eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42eae;
$custom-light: #c373c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.313,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53286,
    "c": 0.20978,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EAE

secondary

#7AC474

accent

#E14653

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EAE

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

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