#A042DA#A042DA

#A042DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.225 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042DA
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 63.12, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 88.04, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1424 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.225 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0978, 16.4325, 67.9550)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042DA #7CDA42

analogous

#5442DA #A042DA #DA42C8

triadic

#A042DA #DAA042 #42DAA0

tetradic

#A042DA #DA5442 #7CDA42 #42C8DA

square

#A042DA #DA5442 #7CDA42 #42C8DA

split-complementary

#A042DA #C8DA42 #42DA54

monochromatic

#5E1A87 #8124BA #A042DA #BA75E4 #D3A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A042DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A042DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042DA

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042DA	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2272D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.225 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ee6',
    500: '#a042da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042da;
$custom-light: #c17ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57565,
    "c": 0.22465,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042DA

secondary

#B4DB9C

accent

#EA3E7F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042DA

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

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