#A242CC#A242CC

#A242CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.212 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242CC
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, 60.59, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 81.41, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1463 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.212 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7457, 15.9383, 58.7299)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242CC #6CCC42

analogous

#5D42CC #A242CC #CC42B1

triadic

#A242CC #CCA242 #42CCA2

tetradic

#A242CC #CC5D42 #6CCC42 #42B1CC

square

#A242CC #CC5D42 #6CCC42 #42B1CC

split-complementary

#A242CC #B1CC42 #42CC5D

monochromatic

#5A1F74 #802CA4 #A242CC #BA72D9 #D1A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A242CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A242CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242CC

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242CC	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A71C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.212 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17edc',
    500: '#a242cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242cc;
$custom-light: #c17edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56871,
    "c": 0.21182,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242CC

secondary

#A9D397

accent

#E14776

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242CC

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

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