#A042C3#A042C3

#A042C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.202 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042C3
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 58.31, -50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 77.15, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1444 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.202 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2942, 15.3111, 53.1894)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042C3 #65C342

analogous

#5F42C3 #A042C3 #C342A5

triadic

#A042C3 #C3A042 #42C3A0

tetradic

#A042C3 #C35F42 #65C342 #42A5C3

square

#A042C3 #C35F42 #65C342 #42A5C3

split-complementary

#A042C3 #A5C342 #42C35F

monochromatic

#562169 #7C3098 #A042C3 #B770D2 #CF9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A042C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A042C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042C3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042C3	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4070C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.202 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dd6',
    500: '#a042c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042c3;
$custom-light: #c07dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.721,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56035,
    "c": 0.20247,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042C3

secondary

#A3CD94

accent

#DB4D73

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042C3

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

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