#A042DB#A042DB

#A042DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.226 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042DB
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 63.33, -61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 88.51, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1422 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.226 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2290, 16.4850, 68.6463)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042DB #7DDB42

analogous

#5342DB #A042DB #DB42C9

triadic

#A042DB #DBA042 #42DBA0

tetradic

#A042DB #DB5342 #7DDB42 #42C9DB

square

#A042DB #DB5342 #7DDB42 #42C9DB

split-complementary

#A042DB #C9DB42 #42DB53

monochromatic

#5E1A89 #8124BC #A042DB #BA75E5 #D4A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A042DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#A042DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042DB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042DB	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2072D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.226 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ee7',
    500: '#a042db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042db;
$custom-light: #c17ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.863,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57635,
    "c": 0.22562,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042DB

secondary

#B5DC9D

accent

#EB3D80

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042DB

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

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