#A042BC#A042BC

#A042BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.196 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042BC
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 56.89, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 73.87, 320.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1446 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.196 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5212, 15.0019, 49.1185)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042BC #5EBC42

analogous

#6342BC #A042BC #BC429B

triadic

#A042BC #BCA042 #42BCA0

tetradic

#A042BC #BC6342 #5EBC42 #429BBC

square

#A042BC #BC6342 #5EBC42 #429BBC

split-complementary

#A042BC #9BBC42 #42BC63

monochromatic

#532261 #79328F #A042BC #B76FCC #CE9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A042BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A042BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042BC

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042BC	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1666C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.196 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7dd1',
    500: '#a042bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042bc;
$custom-light: #bf7dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.23,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55597,
    "c": 0.19579,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042BC

secondary

#9EC991

accent

#D8506F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042BC

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

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