#A242CA#A242CA

#A242CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.210 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242CA
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 60.18, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 80.47, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1465 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.21 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5074, 15.8430, 57.4747)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242CA #6ACA42

analogous

#5E42CA #A242CA #CA42AE

triadic

#A242CA #CAA242 #42CAA2

tetradic

#A242CA #CA5E42 #6ACA42 #42AECA

square

#A242CA #CA5E42 #6ACA42 #42AECA

split-complementary

#A242CA #AECA42 #42CA5E

monochromatic

#5A2072 #7F2DA2 #A242CA #BA72D7 #D1A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A242CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A242CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242CA

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242CA	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C71C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.210 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ddb',
    500: '#a242ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242ca;
$custom-light: #c17ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56741,
    "c": 0.20991,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242CA

secondary

#A8D196

accent

#DF4875

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242CA

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

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