#A042DE#A042DE

#A042DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.229 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042DE
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 63.98, -63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 89.94, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1419 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.229 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6275, 16.6444, 70.7450)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042DE #80DE42

analogous

#5242DE #A042DE #DE42CE

triadic

#A042DE #DEA042 #42DEA0

tetradic

#A042DE #DE5242 #80DE42 #42CEDE

square

#A042DE #DE5242 #80DE42 #42CEDE

split-complementary

#A042DE #CEDE42 #42DE52

monochromatic

#5F198D #8222C1 #A042DE #BA76E7 #D4AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A042DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A042DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042DE

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042DE	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1972DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.229 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ee9',
    500: '#a042de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042de;
$custom-light: #c17ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57845,
    "c": 0.22853,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042DE

secondary

#B7DE9E

accent

#ED3B82

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042DE

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

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