#A542D2#A542D2

#A542D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.219 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542D2
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 62.46, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 84.24, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1496 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.219 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0961, 16.5498, 62.6220)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542D2 #6FD242

analogous

#5D42D2 #A542D2 #D242B7

triadic

#A542D2 #D2A542 #42D2A5

tetradic

#A542D2 #D25D42 #6FD242 #42B7D2

square

#A542D2 #D25D42 #6FD242 #42B7D2

split-complementary

#A542D2 #B7D242 #42D25D

monochromatic

#5F1E7C #8429AD #A542D2 #BD73DE #D4A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A542D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A542D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542D2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542D2	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3773CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.219 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ee0',
    500: '#a542d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542d2;
$custom-light: #c47ee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57647,
    "c": 0.21856,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542D2

secondary

#ACD799

accent

#E54376

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542D2

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

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