#A042D0#A042D0

#A042D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.215 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D0
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 61.00, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 83.29, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1435 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.215 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8285, 15.9248, 61.2701)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D0 #72D042

analogous

#5942D0 #A042D0 #D042B9

triadic

#A042D0 #D0A042 #42D0A0

tetradic

#A042D0 #D05942 #72D042 #42B9D0

square

#A042D0 #D05942 #72D042 #42B9D0

split-complementary

#A042D0 #B9D042 #42D059

monochromatic

#5B1E79 #7F2AAA #A042D0 #B973DC #D1A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A042D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A042D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D0

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D0	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3271CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.215 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ddf',
    500: '#a042d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d0;
$custom-light: #c07ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56883,
    "c": 0.21498,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D0

secondary

#ADD599

accent

#E3447A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D0

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

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