#A242DB#A242DB

#A242DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.226 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242DB
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 63.73, -61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 88.49, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1448 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.226 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6322, 16.6929, 68.6651)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242DB #7BDB42

analogous

#5542DB #A242DB #DB42C7

triadic

#A242DB #DBA242 #42DBA2

tetradic

#A242DB #DB5542 #7BDB42 #42C7DB

square

#A242DB #DB5542 #7BDB42 #42C7DB

split-complementary

#A242DB #C7DB42 #42DB55

monochromatic

#5F1A89 #8324BC #A242DB #BB75E5 #D5A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#A242DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#A242DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242DB

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242DB	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2573D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.226 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee7',
    500: '#a242db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242db;
$custom-light: #c27ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5788,
    "c": 0.2262,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242DB

secondary

#B4DC9D

accent

#EB3D7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242DB

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

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