#A042BA#A042BA

#A042BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.194 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042BA
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 64.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 56.50, -46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 72.94, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1447 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.194 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3071, 14.9163, 47.9909)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042BA #5CBA42

analogous

#6442BA #A042BA #BA4298

triadic

#A042BA #BAA042 #42BAA0

tetradic

#A042BA #BA6442 #5CBA42 #4298BA

square

#A042BA #BA6442 #5CBA42 #4298BA

split-complementary

#A042BA #98BA42 #42BA64

monochromatic

#522260 #79328D #A042BA #B76ECB #CD9BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A042BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A042BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042BA

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042BA	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A66BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.194 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7dcf',
    500: '#a042ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042ba;
$custom-light: #bf7dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55474,
    "c": 0.1939,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042BA

secondary

#9CC890

accent

#D7516E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042BA

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

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