#A042C9#A042C9

#A042C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.208 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042C9
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 59.54, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 79.97, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1441 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.208 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9862, 15.5879, 56.8342)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042C9 #6BC942

analogous

#5D42C9 #A042C9 #C942AE

triadic

#A042C9 #C9A042 #42C9A0

tetradic

#A042C9 #C95D42 #6BC942 #42AEC9

square

#A042C9 #C95D42 #6BC942 #42AEC9

split-complementary

#A042C9 #AEC942 #42C95D

monochromatic

#582070 #7D2EA0 #A042C9 #B872D7 #D0A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A042C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A042C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042C9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042C9	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A70C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.208 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dda',
    500: '#a042c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042c9;
$custom-light: #c07dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56421,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042C9

secondary

#A8D196

accent

#DF4976

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042C9

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

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