#A042BB#A042BB

#A042BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.195 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042BB
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 56.70, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 73.41, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1446 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.195 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4138, 14.9589, 48.5528)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042BB #5DBB42

analogous

#6442BB #A042BB #BB4299

triadic

#A042BB #BBA042 #42BBA0

tetradic

#A042BB #BB6442 #5DBB42 #4299BB

square

#A042BB #BB6442 #5DBB42 #4299BB

split-complementary

#A042BB #99BB42 #42BB64

monochromatic

#532261 #79328E #A042BB #B76ECC #CE9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A042BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A042BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042BB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042BB	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1866BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.195 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7dd0',
    500: '#a042bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042bb;
$custom-light: #bf7dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.612,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55535,
    "c": 0.19484,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042BB

secondary

#9DC891

accent

#D7506F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042BB

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

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