Ugly Purple#A442A0

#A442A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.172 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Ugly Purple — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A442A0
RGB	rgb(164, 66, 160)
HSL	hsl(302, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(302, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 52.64, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 61.63, 328.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1481 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.172 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6030, 14.3286, 34.7734)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A442A0 #42A446

analogous

#7742A4 #A442A0 #A4426F

triadic

#A442A0 #A0A442 #42A0A4

tetradic

#A442A0 #A47742 #42A446 #426FA4

square

#A442A0 #A47742 #42A446 #426FA4

split-complementary

#A442A0 #6FA442 #42A477

monochromatic

#4D1F4B #783075 #A442A0 #C063BC #D28FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#A442A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A442A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A442A0

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A442A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A442A0	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A61A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a442a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 66, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.172 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27cbc',
    500: '#a442a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a442a0;
$custom-light: #c27cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a442a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.449,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54544,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A442A0

secondary

#85BD87

accent

#D25B55

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A442A0

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

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