#A42FA6#A42FA6

#A42FA6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.202 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FA6
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 61.32, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 72.92, 327.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1701 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.202 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2089, 12.6803, 37.2941)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FA6 #31A62F

analogous

#692FA6 #A42FA6 #A62F6C

triadic

#A42FA6 #A6A42F #2FA6A4

tetradic

#A42FA6 #A6692F #31A62F #2F6CA6

square

#A42FA6 #A6692F #31A62F #2F6CA6

split-complementary

#A42FA6 #6CA62F #2FA669

monochromatic

#461447 #752176 #A42FA6 #C947CB #D777D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A42FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A42FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FA6

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FA6	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#175AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D69A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.202 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c1',
    500: '#a42fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fa6;
$custom-light: #c373c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.992,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52894,
    "c": 0.20225,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FA6

secondary

#72C170

accent

#DF494B

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FA6

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

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