#A042D9#A042D9

#A042D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.224 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042D9
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 62.90, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 87.56, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1425 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.224 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9673, 16.3803, 67.2679)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042D9 #7BD942

analogous

#5442D9 #A042D9 #D942C6

triadic

#A042D9 #D9A042 #42D9A0

tetradic

#A042D9 #D95442 #7BD942 #42C6D9

square

#A042D9 #D95442 #7BD942 #42C6D9

split-complementary

#A042D9 #C6D942 #42D954

monochromatic

#5D1B86 #8125B9 #A042D9 #BA75E3 #D3A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A042D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A042D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042D9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042D9	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2472D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.224 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ee6',
    500: '#a042d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042d9;
$custom-light: #c17ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.351,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57496,
    "c": 0.22368,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042D9

secondary

#B4DB9C

accent

#E93E7F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042D9

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

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