#A242AC#A242AC

#A242AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.182 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242AC
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(294, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(294, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 54.29, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 66.66, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1468 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.182 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2942, 14.5577, 40.5520)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242AC #4CAC42

analogous

#6D42AC #A242AC #AC4281

triadic

#A242AC #ACA242 #42ACA2

tetradic

#A242AC #AC6D42 #4CAC42 #4281AC

square

#A242AC #AC6D42 #4CAC42 #4281AC

split-complementary

#A242AC #81AC42 #42AC6D

monochromatic

#4F2054 #783180 #A242AC #BC67C5 #CF93D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A242AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A242AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242AC

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242AC	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E63AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.182 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dc5',
    500: '#a242ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242ac;
$custom-light: #c07dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.34,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5492,
    "c": 0.18184,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242AC

secondary

#8EC189

accent

#D45460

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242AC

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

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