#A542D7#A542D7

#A542D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.223 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542D7
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 63.50, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 86.58, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1491 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.223 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7288, 16.8028, 65.9540)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542D7 #74D742

analogous

#5B42D7 #A542D7 #D742BE

triadic

#A542D7 #D7A542 #42D7A5

tetradic

#A542D7 #D75B42 #74D742 #42BED7

square

#A542D7 #D75B42 #74D742 #42BED7

split-complementary

#A542D7 #BED742 #42D75B

monochromatic

#601C83 #8526B5 #A542D7 #BD75E2 #D5A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A542D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A542D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542D7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542D7	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3174D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.223 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ee4',
    500: '#a542d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542d7;
$custom-light: #c47ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.866,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57981,
    "c": 0.2233,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542D7

secondary

#B0DA9B

accent

#E84078

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542D7

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

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