#A042D1#A042D1

#A042D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.216 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D1
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 61.21, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 83.76, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1434 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.216 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9519, 15.9742, 61.9201)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D1 #73D142

analogous

#5942D1 #A042D1 #D142BA

triadic

#A042D1 #D1A042 #42D1A0

tetradic

#A042D1 #D15942 #73D142 #42BAD1

square

#A042D1 #D15942 #73D142 #42BAD1

split-complementary

#A042D1 #BAD142 #42D159

monochromatic

#5B1E7B #7F2AAC #A042D1 #B973DD #D1A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A042D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A042D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D1

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D1	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3171CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.216 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee0',
    500: '#a042d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d1;
$custom-light: #c07ee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.441,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5695,
    "c": 0.21594,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D1

secondary

#AED699

accent

#E4447B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D1

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

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