#A42EC4#A42EC4

#A42EC4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.228 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EC4
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 76.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 67.02, -54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 86.31, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.169 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.228 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2492, 13.8332, 53.5013)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EC4 #4EC42E

analogous

#592EC4 #A42EC4 #C42E99

triadic

#A42EC4 #C4A42E #2EC4A4

tetradic

#A42EC4 #C4592E #4EC42E #2E99C4

square

#A42EC4 #C4592E #4EC42E #2E99C4

split-complementary

#A42EC4 #99C42E #2EC459

monochromatic

#511761 #7B2292 #A42EC4 #BC58D8 #D089E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#A42EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A42EC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EC4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EC4	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.228 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374d7',
    500: '#a42ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ec4;
$custom-light: #c374d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54702,
    "c": 0.22795,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EC4

secondary

#91CD81

accent

#E54365

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EC4

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

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