#A042D5#A042D5

#A042D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.220 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D5
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 62.05, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 85.66, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.143 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.22 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4534, 16.1747, 64.5610)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D5 #77D542

analogous

#5642D5 #A042D5 #D542C1

triadic

#A042D5 #D5A042 #42D5A0

tetradic

#A042D5 #D55642 #77D542 #42C1D5

square

#A042D5 #D55642 #77D542 #42C1D5

split-complementary

#A042D5 #C1D542 #42D556

monochromatic

#5C1C80 #8028B2 #A042D5 #B974E0 #D2A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A042D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A042D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D5	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B71D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.220 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee3',
    500: '#a042d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d5;
$custom-light: #c07ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.367,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57221,
    "c": 0.21981,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D5

secondary

#B1D89A

accent

#E7417D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D5

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

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