#A242DC#A242DC

#A242DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.227 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242DC
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 63.94, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 88.96, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1447 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.227 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7642, 16.7457, 69.3606)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242DC #7CDC42

analogous

#5542DC #A242DC #DC42C9

triadic

#A242DC #DCA242 #42DCA2

tetradic

#A242DC #DC5542 #7CDC42 #42C9DC

square

#A242DC #DC5542 #7CDC42 #42C9DC

split-complementary

#A242DC #C9DC42 #42DC55

monochromatic

#601A8A #8323BE #A242DC #BB76E6 #D5A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A242DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A242DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242DC

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242DC	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2373D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.227 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee8',
    500: '#a242dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242dc;
$custom-light: #c27ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.403,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5795,
    "c": 0.22715,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242DC

secondary

#B5DD9D

accent

#EC3C7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242DC

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

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