#A242BF#A242BF

#A242BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.199 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242BF
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 57.96, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 75.33, 320.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.147 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.199 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2511, 15.3405, 50.8583)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A242BF #5FBF42

analogous

#6342BF #A242BF #BF429D

triadic

#A242BF #BFA242 #42BFA2

tetradic

#A242BF #BF6342 #5FBF42 #429DBF

square

#A242BF #BF6342 #5FBF42 #429DBF

split-complementary

#A242BF #9DBF42 #42BF63

monochromatic

#552265 #7C3292 #A242BF #B870CE #CF9DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#A242BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A242BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242BF

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242BF	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1167C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4670BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.199 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17dd3',
    500: '#a242bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242bf;
$custom-light: #c17dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.08,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56044,
    "c": 0.19947,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242BF

secondary

#9FCA93

accent

#D94F6F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242BF

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

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