#A242D5#A242D5

#A242D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.220 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242D5
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 62.46, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 85.65, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1455 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.22 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8565, 16.3826, 64.5799)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242D5 #75D542

analogous

#5942D5 #A242D5 #D542BE

triadic

#A242D5 #D5A242 #42D5A2

tetradic

#A242D5 #D55942 #75D542 #42BED5

square

#A242D5 #D55942 #75D542 #42BED5

split-complementary

#A242D5 #BED542 #42D559

monochromatic

#5E1C80 #8228B2 #A242D5 #BB74E0 #D3A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A242D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A242D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242D5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242D5	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F72D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.220 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee3',
    500: '#a242d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242d5;
$custom-light: #c27ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5747,
    "c": 0.22043,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242D5

secondary

#B0D89A

accent

#E7417B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242D5

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

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