#A42FC4#A42FC4

#A42FC4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.227 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42FC4
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 76%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 66.69, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 85.94, 320.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1681 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.227 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2887, 13.9123, 53.5144)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42FC4 #4FC42F

analogous

#592FC4 #A42FC4 #C42F9A

triadic

#A42FC4 #C4A42F #2FC4A4

tetradic

#A42FC4 #C4592F #4FC42F #2F9AC4

square

#A42FC4 #C4592F #4FC42F #2F9AC4

split-complementary

#A42FC4 #9AC42F #2FC459

monochromatic

#511761 #7B2393 #A42FC4 #BC59D7 #D08AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#A42FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#A42FC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42FC4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42FC4	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.227 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c374d7',
    500: '#a42fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42fc4;
$custom-light: #c374d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.114,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54782,
    "c": 0.22696,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42FC4

secondary

#92CD82

accent

#E44366

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42FC4

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

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