#A242B2#A242B2

#A242B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.187 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242B2
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(291, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(291, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 55.42, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 69.36, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.147 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.187 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8835, 14.7934, 43.6556)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242B2 #52B242

analogous

#6A42B2 #A242B2 #B2428A

triadic

#A242B2 #B2A242 #42B2A2

tetradic

#A242B2 #B26A42 #52B242 #428AB2

square

#A242B2 #B26A42 #52B242 #428AB2

split-complementary

#A242B2 #8AB242 #42B26A

monochromatic

#512159 #793185 #A242B2 #BA6AC8 #CF96D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#A242B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A242B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242B2

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242B2	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2864B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.187 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07dc9',
    500: '#a242b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242b2;
$custom-light: #c07dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55263,
    "c": 0.18733,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242B2

secondary

#94C48C

accent

#D65265

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242B2

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

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