#A042C8#A042C8

#A042C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.207 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042C8
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 59.33, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 79.50, 318.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1441 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.207 314)
XYZ	xyz(26.8690, 15.5410, 56.2167)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042C8 #6AC842

analogous

#5D42C8 #A042C8 #C842AD

triadic

#A042C8 #C8A042 #42C8A0

tetradic

#A042C8 #C85D42 #6AC842 #42ADC8

square

#A042C8 #C85D42 #6AC842 #42ADC8

split-complementary

#A042C8 #ADC842 #42C85D

monochromatic

#58206F #7D2E9F #A042C8 #B871D6 #D0A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A042C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A042C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042C8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042C8	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.207 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dd9',
    500: '#a042c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042c8;
$custom-light: #c07dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56356,
    "c": 0.20727,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.1554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042C8

secondary

#A7D096

accent

#DE4A76

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042C8

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

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