#A242D9#A242D9

#A242D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.224 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242D9
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 63.31, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 87.54, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1451 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.224 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3705, 16.5882, 67.2868)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242D9 #79D942

analogous

#5642D9 #A242D9 #D942C4

triadic

#A242D9 #D9A242 #42D9A2

tetradic

#A242D9 #D95642 #79D942 #42C4D9

square

#A242D9 #D95642 #79D942 #42C4D9

split-complementary

#A242D9 #C4D942 #42D956

monochromatic

#5F1B86 #8325B9 #A242D9 #BB75E3 #D4A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A242D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A242D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242D9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242D9	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2873D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.224 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee6',
    500: '#a242d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242d9;
$custom-light: #c27ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.146,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57743,
    "c": 0.22427,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242D9

secondary

#B3DB9C

accent

#E93E7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242D9

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

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