#A542CA#A542CA

#A542CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.211 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542CA
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 60.83, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 80.50, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1502 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.211 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1242, 16.1610, 57.5036)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542CA #67CA42

analogous

#6142CA #A542CA #CA42AB

triadic

#A542CA #CAA542 #42CAA5

tetradic

#A542CA #CA6142 #67CA42 #42ABCA

square

#A542CA #CA6142 #67CA42 #42ABCA

split-complementary

#A542CA #ABCA42 #42CA61

monochromatic

#5B2072 #822DA2 #A542CA #BC72D7 #D3A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A542CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A542CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542CA

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542CA	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F73C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.211 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37edb',
    500: '#a542ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542ca;
$custom-light: #c37edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57127,
    "c": 0.21102,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542CA

secondary

#A6D196

accent

#DF4871

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542CA

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

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