#A542BB#A542BB

#A542BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.197 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542BB
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 57.87, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 73.59, 321.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1507 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.197 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4338, 15.4849, 48.6006)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542BB #58BB42

analogous

#6942BB #A542BB #BB4295

triadic

#A542BB #BBA542 #42BBA5

tetradic

#A542BB #BB6942 #58BB42 #4295BB

square

#A542BB #BB6942 #58BB42 #4295BB

split-complementary

#A542BB #95BB42 #42BB69

monochromatic

#552261 #7D328E #A542BB #BB6ECC #D09CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A542BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A542BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542BB

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542BB	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E67BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C71B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.197 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37dd0',
    500: '#a542bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542bb;
$custom-light: #c37dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56197,
    "c": 0.19704,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542BB

secondary

#9BC891

accent

#D75069

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542BB

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

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