#A042C7#A042C7

#A042C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.206 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042C7
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 59.12, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 79.03, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1442 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.206 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7525, 15.4944, 55.6032)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042C7 #69C742

analogous

#5E42C7 #A042C7 #C742AC

triadic

#A042C7 #C7A042 #42C7A0

tetradic

#A042C7 #C75E42 #69C742 #42ACC7

square

#A042C7 #C75E42 #69C742 #42ACC7

split-complementary

#A042C7 #ACC742 #42C75E

monochromatic

#57216E #7D2F9D #A042C7 #B871D5 #CFA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A042C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A042C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042C7

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042C7	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C70C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.206 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dd9',
    500: '#a042c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042c7;
$custom-light: #c07dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.406,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56291,
    "c": 0.20631,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042C7

secondary

#A6D095

accent

#DE4A75

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042C7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →