#A42EC3#A42EC3

#A42EC3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.227 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EC3
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 66.83, -53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 85.86, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1691 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.227 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1358, 13.7878, 52.9038)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EC3 #4DC32E

analogous

#5A2EC3 #A42EC3 #C32E97

triadic

#A42EC3 #C3A42E #2EC3A4

tetradic

#A42EC3 #C35A2E #4DC32E #2E97C3

square

#A42EC3 #C35A2E #4DC32E #2E97C3

split-complementary

#A42EC3 #97C32E #2EC35A

monochromatic

#511760 #7A2291 #A42EC3 #BD57D7 #D088E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#A42EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A42EC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EC3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EC3	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.227 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374d6',
    500: '#a42ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ec3;
$custom-light: #c374d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.517,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.22711,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EC3

secondary

#90CD80

accent

#E54365

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EC3

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

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