#A242DD#A242DD

#A242DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.228 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242DD
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 64.16, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 89.43, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1446 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.228 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8970, 16.7988, 70.0601)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242DD #7DDD42

analogous

#5542DD #A242DD #DD42CB

triadic

#A242DD #DDA242 #42DDA2

tetradic

#A242DD #DD5542 #7DDD42 #42CBDD

square

#A242DD #DD5542 #7DDD42 #42CBDD

split-complementary

#A242DD #CBDD42 #42DD55

monochromatic

#60198C #8422BF #A242DD #BC76E6 #D5AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A242DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A242DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242DD

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242DD	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2073DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.228 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ee8',
    500: '#a242dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242dd;
$custom-light: #c27ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.161,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58019,
    "c": 0.22812,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242DD

secondary

#B6DD9D

accent

#EC3B7F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242DD

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

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