#A242CE#A242CE

#A242CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.214 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242CE
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 61.00, -55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 82.35, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1462 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.214 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9871, 16.0349, 60.0013)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242CE #6ECE42

analogous

#5C42CE #A242CE #CE42B4

triadic

#A242CE #CEA242 #42CEA2

tetradic

#A242CE #CE5C42 #6ECE42 #42B4CE

square

#A242CE #CE5C42 #6ECE42 #42B4CE

split-complementary

#A242CE #B4CE42 #42CE5C

monochromatic

#5B1F77 #802BA7 #A242CE #BA73DB #D2A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A242CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A242CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242CE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242CE	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3872CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.214 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ede',
    500: '#a242ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242ce;
$custom-light: #c27ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57002,
    "c": 0.21373,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242CE

secondary

#ABD498

accent

#E24677

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242CE

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

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