#A42EB4#A42EB4

#A42EB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.215 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EB4
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 180)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(293, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 64.10, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 79.27, 323.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1706 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.215 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5242, 13.1432, 44.4163)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EB4 #3EB42E

analogous

#612EB4 #A42EB4 #B42E81

triadic

#A42EB4 #B4A42E #2EB4A4

tetradic

#A42EB4 #B4612E #3EB42E #2E81B4

square

#A42EB4 #B4612E #3EB42E #2E81B4

split-complementary

#A42EB4 #81B42E #2EB461

monochromatic

#4B1553 #782283 #A42EB4 #C24ED2 #D37EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A42EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A42EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EB4

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EB4	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6476F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.215 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373cb',
    500: '#a42eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42eb4;
$custom-light: #c373cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.836,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53658,
    "c": 0.21467,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EB4

secondary

#81C777

accent

#E24558

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EB4

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

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