#A42FA9#A42FA9

#A42FA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.205 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FA9
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 61.83, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 74.18, 326.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.1701 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.205 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4873, 12.7917, 38.7604)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FA9 #34A92F

analogous

#672FA9 #A42FA9 #A92F71

triadic

#A42FA9 #A9A42F #2FA9A4

tetradic

#A42FA9 #A9672F #34A92F #2F71A9

square

#A42FA9 #A9672F #34A92F #2F71A9

split-complementary

#A42FA9 #71A92F #2FA967

monochromatic

#471449 #762279 #A42FA9 #C749CC #D679DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A42FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A42FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FA9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FA9	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#105BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B69A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.205 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c3',
    500: '#a42fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fa9;
$custom-light: #c373c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.541,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53071,
    "c": 0.20465,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FA9

secondary

#75C272

accent

#E0484E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FA9

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

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