#A042EA#A042EA

#A042EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.240 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042EA
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(274, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 66.60, -68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 95.64, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.14 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.24 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2934, 17.3108, 79.5187)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042EA #8CEA42

analogous

#4C42EA #A042EA #EA42E0

triadic

#A042EA #EAA042 #42EAA0

tetradic

#A042EA #EA4C42 #8CEA42 #42E0EA

square

#A042EA #EA4C42 #8CEA42 #42E0EA

split-complementary

#A042EA #E0EA42 #42EA4C

monochromatic

#6112A0 #8318D7 #A042EA #BC79F0 #D7B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A042EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A042EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042EA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042EA	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.240 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ef2',
    500: '#a042ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042ea;
$custom-light: #c27ef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58706,
    "c": 0.24016,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042EA

secondary

#C0E5A3

accent

#F63188

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042EA

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

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