#A042D3#A042D3

#A042D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.218 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D3
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 61.63, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 84.71, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1432 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.218 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2011, 16.0738, 63.2324)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D3 #75D342

analogous

#5842D3 #A042D3 #D342BD

triadic

#A042D3 #D3A042 #42D3A0

tetradic

#A042D3 #D35842 #75D342 #42BDD3

square

#A042D3 #D35842 #75D342 #42BDD3

split-complementary

#A042D3 #BDD342 #42D358

monochromatic

#5C1D7D #8029AF #A042D3 #B974DF #D2A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A042D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A042D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D3

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D3	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E71D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.218 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee1',
    500: '#a042d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d3;
$custom-light: #c07ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.897,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57085,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D3

secondary

#AFD79A

accent

#E5427C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D3

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

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