#A242BE#A242BE

#A242BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.199 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242BE
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 57.76, -47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 74.86, 320.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.147 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.199 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1415, 15.2966, 50.2807)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A242BE #5EBE42

analogous

#6442BE #A242BE #BE429C

triadic

#A242BE #BEA242 #42BEA2

tetradic

#A242BE #BE6442 #5EBE42 #429CBE

square

#A242BE #BE6442 #5EBE42 #429CBE

split-complementary

#A242BE #9CBE42 #42BE64

monochromatic

#552263 #7B3291 #A242BE #B870CE #CF9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A242BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A242BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242BE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242BE	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1467C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4770BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.199 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17dd2',
    500: '#a242be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242be;
$custom-light: #c17dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55982,
    "c": 0.19853,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242BE

secondary

#9FCA92

accent

#D84F6E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242BE

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

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