#A42FA5#A42FA5

#A42FA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.201 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FA5
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, 61.15, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 72.50, 327.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.1701 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.201 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1176, 12.6438, 36.8129)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FA5 #30A52F

analogous

#692FA5 #A42FA5 #A52F6B

triadic

#A42FA5 #A5A42F #2FA5A4

tetradic

#A42FA5 #A5692F #30A52F #2F6BA5

square

#A42FA5 #A5692F #30A52F #2F6BA5

split-complementary

#A42FA5 #6BA52F #2FA569

monochromatic

#451446 #752175 #A42FA5 #C947CB #D776D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#A42FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A42FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FA5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FA5	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#185AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D69A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.201 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c0',
    500: '#a42fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fa5;
$custom-light: #c373c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.492,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52836,
    "c": 0.20146,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FA5

secondary

#70C070

accent

#DF494A

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FA5

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

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