#A042FF#A042FF

#A042FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.260 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A042FF
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 71.28, -77.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 105.57, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1358 -0.2223)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.26 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4910, 18.5898, 96.3594)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A042FF #A1FF42

analogous

#4242FF #A042FF #FE42FF

triadic

#A042FF #FFA042 #42FFA0

tetradic

#A042FF #FF4242 #A1FF42 #42FFFE

square

#A042FF #FF4242 #A1FF42 #42FFFE

split-complementary

#A042FF #FFFE42 #42FF42

monochromatic

#6300C7 #8105FF #A042FF #BF7FFF #DEBCFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A042FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A042FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A042FF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A042FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A042FF	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B739E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a042ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.260 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37fff',
    500: '#a042ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a042ff;
$custom-light: #c37fff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a042ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.841,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60288,
    "c": 0.26048,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A042FF

secondary

#CFF0AC

accent

#E60073

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9EFFF

border

#D2CAD7

text

#140B18

muted

#827C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A042FF

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

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