#A242C7#A242C7

#A242C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.207 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242C7
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(283, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(283, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.58, 59.57, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.58, 79.06, 318.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1467 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.207 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1556, 15.7023, 55.6221)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242C7 #67C742

analogous

#5F42C7 #A242C7 #C742AA

triadic

#A242C7 #C7A242 #42C7A2

tetradic

#A242C7 #C75F42 #67C742 #42AAC7

square

#A242C7 #C75F42 #67C742 #42AAC7

split-complementary

#A242C7 #AAC742 #42C75F

monochromatic

#58216E #7E2F9D #A242C7 #B971D5 #D0A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A242C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A242C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242C7

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242C7	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F71C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.207 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17dd9',
    500: '#a242c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242c7;
$custom-light: #c17dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.308,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56548,
    "c": 0.20705,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242C7

secondary

#A5D095

accent

#DE4A73

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242C7

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

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