#A042B2#A042B2

#A042B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.186 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042B2
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 54.93, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 69.25, 322.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.1446 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.186 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4804, 14.5856, 43.6367)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042B2 #54B242

analogous

#6842B2 #A042B2 #B2428C

triadic

#A042B2 #B2A042 #42B2A0

tetradic

#A042B2 #B26842 #54B242 #428CB2

square

#A042B2 #B26842 #54B242 #428CB2

split-complementary

#A042B2 #8CB242 #42B268

monochromatic

#502159 #783185 #A042B2 #B86AC8 #CE96D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A042B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A042B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042B2

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042B2	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2664B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.186 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7dc9',
    500: '#a042b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042b2;
$custom-light: #bf7dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.357,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54995,
    "c": 0.18637,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042B2

secondary

#95C48C

accent

#D65267

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042B2

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

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