#A42FAD#A42FAD

#A42FAD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.208 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FAD
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 173)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(296, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.68, 62.52, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.68, 75.87, 325.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.17 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.208 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8686, 12.9442, 40.7684)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FAD #38AD2F

analogous

#652FAD #A42FAD #AD2F77

triadic

#A42FAD #ADA42F #2FADA4

tetradic

#A42FAD #AD652F #38AD2F #2F77AD

square

#A42FAD #AD652F #38AD2F #2F77AD

split-complementary

#A42FAD #77AD2F #2FAD65

monochromatic

#49154D #76227D #A42FAD #C54BCE #D47BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#A42FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A42FAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FAD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FAD	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#035CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.208 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c6',
    500: '#a42fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fad;
$custom-light: #c373c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53311,
    "c": 0.20789,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FAD

secondary

#7AC474

accent

#E14752

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FAD

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

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