#A042E2#A042E2

#A042E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.232 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042E2
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 64.85, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 91.84, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1413 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.232 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1700, 16.8614, 73.6020)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042E2 #84E242

analogous

#5042E2 #A042E2 #E242D4

triadic

#A042E2 #E2A042 #42E2A0

tetradic

#A042E2 #E25042 #84E242 #42D4E2

square

#A042E2 #E25042 #84E242 #42D4E2

split-complementary

#A042E2 #D4E242 #42E250

monochromatic

#601793 #821FC8 #A042E2 #BB77EA #D5ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A042E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#A042E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042E2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042E2	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0973DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.232 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17eec',
    500: '#a042e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042e2;
$custom-light: #c17eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58128,
    "c": 0.23241,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042E2

secondary

#BAE09F

accent

#F03884

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042E2

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

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