#A042CB#A042CB

#A042CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.210 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042CB
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 59.95, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 80.92, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1439 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.21 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2230, 15.6826, 58.0813)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042CB #6DCB42

analogous

#5C42CB #A042CB #CB42B1

triadic

#A042CB #CBA042 #42CBA0

tetradic

#A042CB #CB5C42 #6DCB42 #42B1CB

square

#A042CB #CB5C42 #6DCB42 #42B1CB

split-complementary

#A042CB #B1CB42 #42CB5C

monochromatic

#592073 #7E2DA3 #A042CB #B872D8 #D0A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A042CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A042CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042CB

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042CB	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3870C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.210 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ddb',
    500: '#a042cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042cb;
$custom-light: #c07ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.168,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56551,
    "c": 0.21016,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042CB

secondary

#A9D297

accent

#E04878

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042CB

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

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