#A42EC8#A42EC8

#A42EC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.231 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42EC8
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 200)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 77%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 67.77, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 88.09, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1684 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.231 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7106, 14.0178, 55.9311)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42EC8 #52C82E

analogous

#572EC8 #A42EC8 #C82E9F

triadic

#A42EC8 #C8A42E #2EC8A4

tetradic

#A42EC8 #C8572E #52C82E #2E9FC8

square

#A42EC8 #C8572E #52C82E #2E9FC8

split-complementary

#A42EC8 #9FC82E #2EC857

monochromatic

#521764 #7B2396 #A42EC8 #BB5AD9 #D08CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#A42EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#A42EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42EC8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42EC8	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.231 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374d9',
    500: '#a42ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42ec8;
$custom-light: #c374d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.974,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54974,
    "c": 0.23131,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42EC8

secondary

#95CF83

accent

#E64268

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42EC8

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

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