#A242D6#A242D6

#A242D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.221 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242D6
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 62.67, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 86.12, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1454 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.221 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9838, 16.4335, 65.2505)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242D6 #76D642

analogous

#5842D6 #A242D6 #D642C0

triadic

#A242D6 #D6A242 #42D6A2

tetradic

#A242D6 #D65842 #76D642 #42C0D6

square

#A242D6 #D65842 #76D642 #42C0D6

split-complementary

#A242D6 #C0D642 #42D658

monochromatic

#5E1C82 #8227B4 #A242D6 #BB74E1 #D3A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A242D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A242D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242D6

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242D6	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D72D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.221 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee3',
    500: '#a242d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242d6;
$custom-light: #c27ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57538,
    "c": 0.22139,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242D6

secondary

#B1D99B

accent

#E7407B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242D6

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

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