#A42FA8#A42FA8

#A42FA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.204 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FA8
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, 61.66, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 73.76, 326.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1701 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.204 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3938, 12.7543, 38.2679)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FA8 #33A82F

analogous

#682FA8 #A42FA8 #A82F6F

triadic

#A42FA8 #A8A42F #2FA8A4

tetradic

#A42FA8 #A8682F #33A82F #2F6FA8

square

#A42FA8 #A8682F #33A82F #2F6FA8

split-complementary

#A42FA8 #6FA82F #2FA868

monochromatic

#471448 #752278 #A42FA8 #C848CC #D678D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#A42FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#A42FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FA8

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FA8	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#125BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C69A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.204 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c2',
    500: '#a42fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fa8;
$custom-light: #c373c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.017,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53012,
    "c": 0.20385,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FA8

secondary

#74C171

accent

#E0484D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FA8

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

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