#A242D7#A242D7

#A242D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.222 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242D7
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 62.88, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 86.60, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1453 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.222 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1119, 16.4848, 65.9251)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242D7 #77D742

analogous

#5842D7 #A242D7 #D742C1

triadic

#A242D7 #D7A242 #42D7A2

tetradic

#A242D7 #D75842 #77D742 #42C1D7

square

#A242D7 #D75842 #77D742 #42C1D7

split-complementary

#A242D7 #C1D742 #42D758

monochromatic

#5E1C83 #8326B5 #A242D7 #BB75E2 #D4A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A242D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#A242D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242D7

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242D7	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C73D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.222 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee4',
    500: '#a242d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242d7;
$custom-light: #c27ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.658,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57606,
    "c": 0.22235,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242D7

secondary

#B1DA9B

accent

#E8407C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242D7

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

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