#A042DD#A042DD

#A042DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.228 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042DD
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 63.76, -62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 89.46, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.142 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.228 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4939, 16.5910, 70.0412)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042DD #7FDD42

analogous

#5342DD #A042DD #DD42CD

triadic

#A042DD #DDA042 #42DDA0

tetradic

#A042DD #DD5342 #7FDD42 #42CDDD

square

#A042DD #DD5342 #7FDD42 #42CDDD

split-complementary

#A042DD #CDDD42 #42DD53

monochromatic

#5E198C #8222BF #A042DD #BA76E6 #D4AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A042DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A042DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042DD

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042DD	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B72DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.228 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ee8',
    500: '#a042dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042dd;
$custom-light: #c17ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57774,
    "c": 0.22756,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042DD

secondary

#B7DD9D

accent

#EC3B81

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042DD

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

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