#A042EB#A042EB

#A042EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.241 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042EB
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 71.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 66.82, -69.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 96.11, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1398 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.241 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4375, 17.3684, 80.2774)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042EB #8DEB42

analogous

#4C42EB #A042EB #EB42E1

triadic

#A042EB #EBA042 #42EBA0

tetradic

#A042EB #EB4C42 #8DEB42 #42E1EB

square

#A042EB #EB4C42 #8DEB42 #42E1EB

split-complementary

#A042EB #E1EB42 #42EB4C

monochromatic

#6111A2 #8317D9 #A042EB #BC79F1 #D8B1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A042EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A042EB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A042EB

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A042EB	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.241 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ef2',
    500: '#a042eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042eb;
$custom-light: #c27ef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.373,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58779,
    "c": 0.24113,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042EB

secondary

#C1E6A3

accent

#F73189

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042EB

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

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