#A42FA4#A42FA4

#A42FA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.201 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FA4
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 60.98, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 72.09, 327.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1701 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.201 328)
XYZ	xyz(23.0269, 12.6075, 36.3354)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FA4 #2FA42F

analogous

#6A2FA4 #A42FA4 #A42F6A

triadic

#A42FA4 #A4A42F #2FA4A4

tetradic

#A42FA4 #A46A2F #2FA42F #2F6AA4

square

#A42FA4 #A46A2F #2FA42F #2F6AA4

split-complementary

#A42FA4 #6AA42F #2FA46A

monochromatic

#451445 #742174 #A42FA4 #CA46CA #D876D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#A42FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A42FA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FA4

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FA4	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A5AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E69A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.201 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373bf',
    500: '#a42fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fa4;
$custom-light: #c373bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52778,
    "c": 0.20067,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.12606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FA4

secondary

#6FC06F

accent

#DF4949

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FA4

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

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