#A042D7#A042D7

#A042D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.222 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D7
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 62.48, -59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 86.61, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1427 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.222 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7088, 16.2769, 65.9062)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D7 #79D742

analogous

#5542D7 #A042D7 #D742C4

triadic

#A042D7 #D7A042 #42D7A0

tetradic

#A042D7 #D75542 #79D742 #42C4D7

square

#A042D7 #D75542 #79D742 #42C4D7

split-complementary

#A042D7 #C4D742 #42D755

monochromatic

#5D1C83 #8126B5 #A042D7 #B975E2 #D3A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A042D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A042D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D7

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D7	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2872D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.222 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ee4',
    500: '#a042d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d7;
$custom-light: #c17ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.852,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57358,
    "c": 0.22175,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D7

secondary

#B2DA9B

accent

#E8407E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D7

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

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