#A42EB8#A42EB8

#A42EB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.218 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EB8
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 184)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 75%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, 64.81, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 81.01, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.1703 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.218 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9376, 13.3086, 46.5934)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EB8 #42B82E

analogous

#5F2EB8 #A42EB8 #B82E87

triadic

#A42EB8 #B8A42E #2EB8A4

tetradic

#A42EB8 #B85F2E #42B82E #2E87B8

square

#A42EB8 #B85F2E #42B82E #2E87B8

split-complementary

#A42EB8 #87B82E #2EB85F

monochromatic

#4D1656 #782287 #A42EB8 #C050D3 #D281DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#A42EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#A42EB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EB8

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EB8	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.218 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373ce',
    500: '#a42eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42eb8;
$custom-light: #c373ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.304,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53912,
    "c": 0.21796,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EB8

secondary

#85C879

accent

#E3455C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EB8

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

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