#A042CE#A042CE

#A042CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.213 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042CE
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 60.58, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 82.34, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1437 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.213 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5840, 15.8270, 59.9824)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042CE #70CE42

analogous

#5A42CE #A042CE #CE42B6

triadic

#A042CE #CEA042 #42CEA0

tetradic

#A042CE #CE5A42 #70CE42 #42B6CE

square

#A042CE #CE5A42 #70CE42 #42B6CE

split-complementary

#A042CE #B6CE42 #42CE5A

monochromatic

#5A1F77 #7F2BA7 #A042CE #B873DB #D1A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A042CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A042CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042CE

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042CE	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.213 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dde',
    500: '#a042ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042ce;
$custom-light: #c07dde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5675,
    "c": 0.21305,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042CE

secondary

#ACD498

accent

#E24679

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042CE

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

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