#A42EBD#A42EBD

#A42EBD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.222 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EBD
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(290, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 75.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 65.72, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 83.21, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1698 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.222 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4710, 13.5219, 49.4026)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EBD #47BD2E

analogous

#5C2EBD #A42EBD #BD2E8E

triadic

#A42EBD #BDA42E #2EBDA4

tetradic

#A42EBD #BD5C2E #47BD2E #2E8EBD

square

#A42EBD #BD5C2E #47BD2E #2E8EBD

split-complementary

#A42EBD #8EBD2E #2EBD5C

monochromatic

#4F165B #79228C #A42EBD #BE53D5 #D184E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#A42EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#A42EBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EBD

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EBD	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.222 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374d2',
    500: '#a42ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ebd;
$custom-light: #c374d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.51,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54236,
    "c": 0.2221,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EBD

secondary

#8ACA7C

accent

#E44460

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EBD

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

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