#A242BC#A242BC

#A242BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.197 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242BC
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 57.36, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 73.94, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1471 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.197 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9244, 15.2098, 49.1374)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242BC #5CBC42

analogous

#6542BC #A242BC #BC4299

triadic

#A242BC #BCA242 #42BCA2

tetradic

#A242BC #BC6542 #5CBC42 #4299BC

square

#A242BC #BC6542 #5CBC42 #4299BC

split-complementary

#A242BC #99BC42 #42BC65

monochromatic

#542261 #7B328F #A242BC #B86FCC #CF9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#A242BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A242BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242BC

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242BC	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1866C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4870B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.197 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17dd1',
    500: '#a242bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242bc;
$custom-light: #c17dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.213,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55859,
    "c": 0.19665,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242BC

secondary

#9DC991

accent

#D8506D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242BC

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

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