#A042CD#A042CD

#A042CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.212 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042CD
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 60.37, -55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 81.86, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1437 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.212 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4629, 15.7786, 59.3447)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042CD #6FCD42

analogous

#5B42CD #A042CD #CD42B4

triadic

#A042CD #CDA042 #42CDA0

tetradic

#A042CD #CD5B42 #6FCD42 #42B4CD

square

#A042CD #CD5B42 #6FCD42 #42B4CD

split-complementary

#A042CD #B4CD42 #42CD5B

monochromatic

#5A1F76 #7E2CA6 #A042CD #B872DA #D1A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A042CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A042CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042CD

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042CD	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3671CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.212 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ddd',
    500: '#a042cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042cd;
$custom-light: #c07ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.576,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56683,
    "c": 0.21208,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042CD

secondary

#ABD397

accent

#E14679

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042CD

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

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