#A542D9#A542D9

#A542D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.225 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542D9
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 63.91, -59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 87.52, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1489 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.225 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9873, 16.9063, 67.3157)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542D9 #76D942

analogous

#5942D9 #A542D9 #D942C1

triadic

#A542D9 #D9A542 #42D9A5

tetradic

#A542D9 #D95942 #76D942 #42C1D9

square

#A542D9 #D95942 #76D942 #42C1D9

split-complementary

#A542D9 #C1D942 #42D959

monochromatic

#611B86 #8625B9 #A542D9 #BD75E3 #D6A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A542D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A542D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542D9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542D9	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E74D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.225 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ee6',
    500: '#a542d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542d9;
$custom-light: #c47ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.338,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58116,
    "c": 0.2252,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542D9

secondary

#B2DB9C

accent

#E93E79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542D9

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

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