#A42FAE#A42FAE

#A42FAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.209 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FAE
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 174)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(295, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 73%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 62.70, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 76.30, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.17 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.209 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9657, 12.9830, 41.2799)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FAE #39AE2F

analogous

#652FAE #A42FAE #AE2F78

triadic

#A42FAE #AEA42F #2FAEA4

tetradic

#A42FAE #AE652F #39AE2F #2F78AE

square

#A42FAE #AE652F #39AE2F #2F78AE

split-complementary

#A42FAE #78AE2F #2FAE65

monochromatic

#49154E #77227E #A42FAE #C44CCF #D47CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#A42FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A42FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FAE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FAE	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.209 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c373c7',
    500: '#a42fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fae;
$custom-light: #c373c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.276,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53372,
    "c": 0.2087,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FAE

secondary

#7BC475

accent

#E14753

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FAE

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

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