#A542CE#A542CE

#A542CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.215 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542CE
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(282, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 61.64, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 82.37, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1499 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.215 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6040, 16.3529, 60.0302)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542CE #6BCE42

analogous

#5F42CE #A542CE #CE42B1

triadic

#A542CE #CEA542 #42CEA5

tetradic

#A542CE #CE5F42 #6BCE42 #42B1CE

square

#A542CE #CE5F42 #6BCE42 #42B1CE

split-complementary

#A542CE #B1CE42 #42CE5F

monochromatic

#5D1F77 #832BA7 #A542CE #BC73DB #D3A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#A542CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A542CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542CE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542CE	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B73CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.215 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ede',
    500: '#a542ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542ce;
$custom-light: #c47ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57385,
    "c": 0.21479,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542CE

secondary

#A9D498

accent

#E24674

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542CE

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

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