#A542DC#A542DC

#A542DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.228 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542DC
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 64.54, -61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 88.93, 316.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1485 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.228 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3811, 17.0638, 69.3895)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542DC #79DC42

analogous

#5842DC #A542DC #DC42C6

triadic

#A542DC #DCA542 #42DCA5

tetradic

#A542DC #DC5842 #79DC42 #42C6DC

square

#A542DC #DC5842 #79DC42 #42C6DC

split-complementary

#A542DC #C6DC42 #42DC58

monochromatic

#621A8A #8623BE #A542DC #BE76E6 #D6A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#A542DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#A542DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542DC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542DC	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2974D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.228 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ee8',
    500: '#a542dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542dc;
$custom-light: #c47ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5832,
    "c": 0.22804,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542DC

secondary

#B4DD9D

accent

#EC3C7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542DC

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

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