#A542CD#A542CD

#A542CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.214 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542CD
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 61.44, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 81.90, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.15 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.214 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4829, 16.3045, 59.3925)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542CD #6ACD42

analogous

#5F42CD #A542CD #CD42AF

triadic

#A542CD #CDA542 #42CDA5

tetradic

#A542CD #CD5F42 #6ACD42 #42AFCD

square

#A542CD #CD5F42 #6ACD42 #42AFCD

split-complementary

#A542CD #AFCD42 #42CD5F

monochromatic

#5D1F76 #832CA6 #A542CD #BC72DA #D3A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#A542CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A542CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542CD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542CD	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D73CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.214 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47edd',
    500: '#a542cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542cd;
$custom-light: #c47edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.734,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5732,
    "c": 0.21384,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542CD

secondary

#A9D397

accent

#E14673

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542CD

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

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