#A242AD#A242AD

#A242AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.183 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242AD
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 173)
HSL	hsl(294, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(294, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 54.48, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 67.11, 324.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.1468 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.183 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3906, 14.5963, 41.0597)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242AD #4DAD42

analogous

#6D42AD #A242AD #AD4283

triadic

#A242AD #ADA242 #42ADA2

tetradic

#A242AD #AD6D42 #4DAD42 #4283AD

square

#A242AD #AD6D42 #4DAD42 #4283AD

split-complementary

#A242AD #83AD42 #42AD6D

monochromatic

#4F2054 #793181 #A242AD #BB67C5 #CF93D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A242AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A242AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242AD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242AD	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D63B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.183 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dc6',
    500: '#a242ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242ad;
$custom-light: #c07dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.832,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54976,
    "c": 0.18275,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242AD

secondary

#8FC189

accent

#D45361

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242AD

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

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