#A42EB7#A42EB7

#A42EB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.217 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EB7
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 183)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(292, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 64.63, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 80.58, 323.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1704 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.217 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8331, 13.2668, 46.0433)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EB7 #41B72E

analogous

#602EB7 #A42EB7 #B72E85

triadic

#A42EB7 #B7A42E #2EB7A4

tetradic

#A42EB7 #B7602E #41B72E #2E85B7

square

#A42EB7 #B7602E #41B72E #2E85B7

split-complementary

#A42EB7 #85B72E #2EB760

monochromatic

#4C1555 #782286 #A42EB7 #C14FD3 #D280DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#A42EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A42EB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EB7

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EB7	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.217 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373cd',
    500: '#a42eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42eb7;
$custom-light: #c373cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.679,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53849,
    "c": 0.21713,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EB7

secondary

#84C879

accent

#E3455B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EB7

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

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