#A442E2#A442E2

#A442E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.233 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A442E2
RGB	rgb(164, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 65.61, -64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 91.77, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1465 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.233 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9827, 17.2805, 73.6401)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A442E2 #80E242

analogous

#5442E2 #A442E2 #E242D0

triadic

#A442E2 #E2A442 #42E2A4

tetradic

#A442E2 #E25442 #80E242 #42D0E2

square

#A442E2 #E25442 #80E242 #42D0E2

split-complementary

#A442E2 #D0E242 #42E254

monochromatic

#631793 #861FC8 #A442E2 #BE77EA #D7ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A442E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A442E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A442E2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A442E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A442E2	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1975DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a442e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.233 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47fec',
    500: '#a442e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a442e2;
$custom-light: #c47fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a442e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58614,
    "c": 0.23347,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A442E2

secondary

#B9E09F

accent

#F0387F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A442E2

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

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