#A042CA#A042CA

#A042CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.209 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042CA
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 59.74, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 80.45, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.144 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.209 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1043, 15.6351, 57.4558)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042CA #6CCA42

analogous

#5C42CA #A042CA #CA42B0

triadic

#A042CA #CAA042 #42CAA0

tetradic

#A042CA #CA5C42 #6CCA42 #42B0CA

square

#A042CA #CA5C42 #6CCA42 #42B0CA

split-complementary

#A042CA #B0CA42 #42CA5C

monochromatic

#582072 #7E2DA2 #A042CA #B872D7 #D0A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A042CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A042CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042CA

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042CA	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3970C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.209 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ddb',
    500: '#a042ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042ca;
$custom-light: #c07ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56486,
    "c": 0.20919,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042CA

secondary

#A9D196

accent

#DF4877

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042CA

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

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