#A042D2#A042D2

#A042D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.217 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D2
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 61.42, -57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 84.24, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1433 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.217 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0761, 16.0238, 62.5742)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D2 #74D242

analogous

#5842D2 #A042D2 #D242BC

triadic

#A042D2 #D2A042 #42D2A0

tetradic

#A042D2 #D25842 #74D242 #42BCD2

square

#A042D2 #D25842 #74D242 #42BCD2

split-complementary

#A042D2 #BCD242 #42D258

monochromatic

#5B1E7C #8029AD #A042D2 #B973DE #D2A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A042D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A042D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D2	1.00	4.99	4.20	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3071CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.217 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee1',
    500: '#a042d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d2;
$custom-light: #c07ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57017,
    "c": 0.21691,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D2

secondary

#AFD799

accent

#E5437B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D2

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

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