#A542CC#A542CC

#A542CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.213 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542CC
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(283, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 61.24, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 81.43, 318.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1501 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.213 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3626, 16.2564, 58.7588)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542CC #69CC42

analogous

#6042CC #A542CC #CC42AE

triadic

#A542CC #CCA542 #42CCA5

tetradic

#A542CC #CC6042 #69CC42 #42AECC

square

#A542CC #CC6042 #69CC42 #42AECC

split-complementary

#A542CC #AECC42 #42CC60

monochromatic

#5C1F74 #822CA4 #A542CC #BC72D9 #D3A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A542CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A542CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542CC

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542CC	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E73C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.213 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47edc',
    500: '#a542cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542cc;
$custom-light: #c47edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57255,
    "c": 0.2129,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542CC

secondary

#A8D397

accent

#E14772

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542CC

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

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