#A542CF#A542CF

#A542CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.216 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542CF
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(282, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 61.85, -55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 82.83, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1498 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.216 314)
XYZ	xyz(28.7258, 16.4017, 60.6720)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542CF #6CCF42

analogous

#5E42CF #A542CF #CF42B2

triadic

#A542CF #CFA542 #42CFA5

tetradic

#A542CF #CF5E42 #6CCF42 #42B2CF

square

#A542CF #CF5E42 #6CCF42 #42B2CF

split-complementary

#A542CF #B2CF42 #42CF5E

monochromatic

#5D1F78 #832BA9 #A542CF #BC73DB #D3A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A542CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A542CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542CF

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542CF	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A73CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.216 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ede',
    500: '#a542cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542cf;
$custom-light: #c47ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.128,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5745,
    "c": 0.21573,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.16401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542CF

secondary

#AAD598

accent

#E34574

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542CF

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

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