#A242D2#A242D2

#A242D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.218 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242D2
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 61.83, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 84.23, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1458 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.218 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4792, 16.2317, 62.5931)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242D2 #72D242

analogous

#5A42D2 #A242D2 #D242BA

triadic

#A242D2 #D2A242 #42D2A2

tetradic

#A242D2 #D25A42 #72D242 #42BAD2

square

#A242D2 #D25A42 #72D242 #42BAD2

split-complementary

#A242D2 #BAD242 #42D25A

monochromatic

#5D1E7C #8129AD #A242D2 #BA73DE #D3A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A242D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A242D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242D2

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242D2	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3372CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.218 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee1',
    500: '#a242d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242d2;
$custom-light: #c27ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57268,
    "c": 0.21755,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242D2

secondary

#AED799

accent

#E54379

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242D2

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

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