#A242BD#A242BD

#A242BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.198 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242BD
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 57.56, -47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 74.40, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.147 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.198 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0325, 15.2530, 49.7071)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A242BD #5DBD42

analogous

#6442BD #A242BD #BD429B

triadic

#A242BD #BDA242 #42BDA2

tetradic

#A242BD #BD6442 #5DBD42 #429BBD

square

#A242BD #BD6442 #5DBD42 #429BBD

split-complementary

#A242BD #9BBD42 #42BD64

monochromatic

#542262 #7B3290 #A242BD #B86FCD #CF9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A242BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A242BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242BD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242BD	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1667C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4770BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.198 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17dd1',
    500: '#a242bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242bd;
$custom-light: #c17dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.829,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55921,
    "c": 0.19758,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242BD

secondary

#9EC992

accent

#D8506E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242BD

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

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