#A042DF#A042DF

#A042DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.230 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042DF
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 64.20, -63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 90.41, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1417 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.23 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7619, 16.6982, 71.4529)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042DF #81DF42

analogous

#5242DF #A042DF #DF42CF

triadic

#A042DF #DFA042 #42DFA0

tetradic

#A042DF #DF5242 #81DF42 #42CFDF

square

#A042DF #DF5242 #81DF42 #42CFDF

split-complementary

#A042DF #CFDF42 #42DF52

monochromatic

#5F188E #8221C3 #A042DF #BA76E8 #D5ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#A042DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#A042DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042DF

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042DF	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1673DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96668C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.230 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17eea',
    500: '#a042df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042df;
$custom-light: #c17eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.924,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57915,
    "c": 0.2295,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042DF

secondary

#B8DF9E

accent

#EE3A82

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042DF

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

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