#A242CF#A242CF

#A242CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.215 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242CF
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 61.21, -55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 82.82, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1461 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.215 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1090, 16.0836, 60.6431)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242CF #6FCF42

analogous

#5B42CF #A242CF #CF42B5

triadic

#A242CF #CFA242 #42CFA2

tetradic

#A242CF #CF5B42 #6FCF42 #42B5CF

square

#A242CF #CF5B42 #6FCF42 #42B5CF

split-complementary

#A242CF #B5CF42 #42CF5B

monochromatic

#5C1F78 #812BA9 #A242CF #BA73DB #D2A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A242CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A242CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242CF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242CF	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3672CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.215 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ede',
    500: '#a242cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242cf;
$custom-light: #c27ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57069,
    "c": 0.21469,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242CF

secondary

#ABD598

accent

#E34577

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242CF

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

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