#A242D0#A242D0

#A242D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.216 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242D0
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 61.42, -56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 83.29, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.146 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.216 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2316, 16.1327, 61.2890)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242D0 #70D042

analogous

#5B42D0 #A242D0 #D042B7

triadic

#A242D0 #D0A242 #42D0A2

tetradic

#A242D0 #D05B42 #70D042 #42B7D0

square

#A242D0 #D05B42 #70D042 #42B7D0

split-complementary

#A242D0 #B7D042 #42D05B

monochromatic

#5C1E79 #812AAA #A242D0 #BA73DC #D2A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A242D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A242D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242D0

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242D0	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3572CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.216 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27edf',
    500: '#a242d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242d0;
$custom-light: #c27edf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57135,
    "c": 0.21564,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242D0

secondary

#ACD599

accent

#E34478

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242D0

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

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