#A042D6#A042D6

#A042D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.221 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D6
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 62.26, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 86.13, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1429 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.221 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5807, 16.2257, 65.2316)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D6 #78D642

analogous

#5642D6 #A042D6 #D642C2

triadic

#A042D6 #D6A042 #42D6A0

tetradic

#A042D6 #D65642 #78D642 #42C2D6

square

#A042D6 #D65642 #78D642 #42C2D6

split-complementary

#A042D6 #C2D642 #42D656

monochromatic

#5D1C82 #8027B4 #A042D6 #B974E1 #D3A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A042D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A042D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D6

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D6	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A72D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.221 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ee3',
    500: '#a042d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d6;
$custom-light: #c17ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57289,
    "c": 0.22078,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D6

secondary

#B1D99B

accent

#E7407D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D6

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

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