#A142CD#A142CD

#A142CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.212 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A142CD
RGB	rgb(161, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 60.58, -55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 81.87, 317.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.145 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.212 313)
XYZ	xyz(27.6637, 15.8821, 59.3541)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A142CD #6ECD42

analogous

#5B42CD #A142CD #CD42B4

triadic

#A142CD #CDA142 #42CDA1

tetradic

#A142CD #CD5B42 #6ECD42 #42B4CD

square

#A142CD #CD5B42 #6ECD42 #42B4CD

split-complementary

#A142CD #B4CD42 #42CD5B

monochromatic

#5A1F76 #7F2CA6 #A142CD #B972DA #D1A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A142CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A142CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A142CD

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A142CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A142CD	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3771CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a142cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.212 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ddd',
    500: '#a142cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a142cd;
$custom-light: #c17ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a142cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.007,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5681,
    "c": 0.21243,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.15881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A142CD

secondary

#AAD397

accent

#E14677

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A142CD

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

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