#A42EBE#A42EBE

#A42EBE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.223 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EBE
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, 65.91, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 83.65, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.1697 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.223 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5799, 13.5655, 49.9762)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EBE #48BE2E

analogous

#5C2EBE #A42EBE #BE2E90

triadic

#A42EBE #BEA42E #2EBEA4

tetradic

#A42EBE #BE5C2E #48BE2E #2E90BE

square

#A42EBE #BE5C2E #48BE2E #2E90BE

split-complementary

#A42EBE #90BE2E #2EBE5C

monochromatic

#4F165B #79228D #A42EBE #BE54D6 #D185E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#A42EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#A42EBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EBE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EBE	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.223 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374d2',
    500: '#a42ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ebe;
$custom-light: #c374d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54302,
    "c": 0.22294,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EBE

secondary

#8BCB7D

accent

#E44461

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EBE

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

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