#A242DF#A242DF

#A242DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.230 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A242DF
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 64.58, -63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 90.38, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1443 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.23 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1651, 16.9061, 71.4718)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A242DF #7FDF42

analogous

#5442DF #A242DF #DF42CE

triadic

#A242DF #DFA242 #42DFA2

tetradic

#A242DF #DF5442 #7FDF42 #42CEDF

square

#A242DF #DF5442 #7FDF42 #42CEDF

split-complementary

#A242DF #CEDF42 #42DF54

monochromatic

#60188E #8421C3 #A242DF #BC76E8 #D6ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A242DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A242DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A242DF

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A242DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A242DF	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C73DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a242df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.230 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27eea',
    500: '#a242df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a242df;
$custom-light: #c27eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a242df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.688,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58159,
    "c": 0.23004,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A242DF

secondary

#B7DF9E

accent

#EE3A80

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A242DF

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

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