#A242CB#A242CB

#A242CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.211 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242CB
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 60.38, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 80.94, 318.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1464 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.211 314)
XYZ	xyz(27.6262, 15.8905, 58.1002)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242CB #6BCB42

analogous

#5E42CB #A242CB #CB42AF

triadic

#A242CB #CBA242 #42CBA2

tetradic

#A242CB #CB5E42 #6BCB42 #42AFCB

square

#A242CB #CB5E42 #6BCB42 #42AFCB

split-complementary

#A242CB #AFCB42 #42CB5E

monochromatic

#5A2073 #802DA3 #A242CB #BA72D8 #D1A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A242CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A242CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242CB

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242CB	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B71C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.211 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17edb',
    500: '#a242cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242cb;
$custom-light: #c17edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.044,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56806,
    "c": 0.21086,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.1589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242CB

secondary

#A8D297

accent

#E04875

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242CB

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

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