#A242CD#A242CD

#A242CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.213 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242CD
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 60.80, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 81.88, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1463 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.213 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8660, 15.9864, 59.3636)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242CD #6DCD42

analogous

#5C42CD #A242CD #CD42B2

triadic

#A242CD #CDA242 #42CDA2

tetradic

#A242CD #CD5C42 #6DCD42 #42B2CD

square

#A242CD #CD5C42 #6DCD42 #42B2CD

split-complementary

#A242CD #B2CD42 #42CD5C

monochromatic

#5B1F76 #802CA6 #A242CD #BA72DA #D2A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A242CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A242CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242CD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242CD	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3972CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.213 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17edd',
    500: '#a242cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242cd;
$custom-light: #c17edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.439,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56937,
    "c": 0.21277,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242CD

secondary

#AAD397

accent

#E14676

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242CD

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

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