#A42EC0#A42EC0

#A42EC0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.225 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EC0
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 192)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 76%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 66.28, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 84.53, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1695 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.225 319)
XYZ	xyz(25.8000, 13.6535, 51.1354)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EC0 #4AC02E

analogous

#5B2EC0 #A42EC0 #C02E93

triadic

#A42EC0 #C0A42E #2EC0A4

tetradic

#A42EC0 #C05B2E #4AC02E #2E93C0

square

#A42EC0 #C05B2E #4AC02E #2E93C0

split-complementary

#A42EC0 #93C02E #2EC05B

monochromatic

#50165D #7A228F #A42EC0 #BD55D6 #D086E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#A42EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#A42EC0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EC0

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EC0	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.225 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374d4',
    500: '#a42ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ec0;
$custom-light: #c374d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.493,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54434,
    "c": 0.2246,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.13652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EC0

secondary

#8DCC7E

accent

#E44362

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EC0

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

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