#A42FB5#A42FB5

#A42FB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.214 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FB5
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 181)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 74%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 63.94, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 79.32, 323.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1696 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.214 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6660, 13.2632, 44.9679)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FB5 #40B52F

analogous

#612FB5 #A42FB5 #B52F83

triadic

#A42FB5 #B5A42F #2FB5A4

tetradic

#A42FB5 #B5612F #40B52F #2F83B5

square

#A42FB5 #B5612F #40B52F #2F83B5

split-complementary

#A42FB5 #83B52F #2FB561

monochromatic

#4C1654 #782284 #A42FB5 #C150D1 #D280DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#A42FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A42FB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FB5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FB5	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.214 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374cc',
    500: '#a42fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fb5;
$custom-light: #c374cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.388,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53805,
    "c": 0.21443,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FB5

secondary

#83C779

accent

#E2465A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FB5

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

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