#A42EB6#A42EB6

#A42EB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.216 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EB6
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 182)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(292, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.10, 64.45, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.10, 80.14, 323.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1704 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.216 322)
XYZ	xyz(24.7294, 13.2253, 45.4971)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EB6 #40B62E

analogous

#602EB6 #A42EB6 #B62E84

triadic

#A42EB6 #B6A42E #2EB6A4

tetradic

#A42EB6 #B6602E #40B62E #2E84B6

square

#A42EB6 #B6602E #40B62E #2E84B6

split-complementary

#A42EB6 #84B62E #2EB660

monochromatic

#4C1554 #782285 #A42EB6 #C14FD2 #D280DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#A42EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#A42EB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EB6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EB6	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.216 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373cc',
    500: '#a42eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42eb6;
$custom-light: #c373cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.059,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53785,
    "c": 0.21631,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.13224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EB6

secondary

#83C878

accent

#E3455A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EB6

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

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