#A542DD#A542DD

#A542DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.229 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542DD
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 64.75, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 89.40, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1484 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.229 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5139, 17.1169, 70.0890)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542DD #7ADD42

analogous

#5842DD #A542DD #DD42C7

triadic

#A542DD #DDA542 #42DDA5

tetradic

#A542DD #DD5842 #7ADD42 #42C7DD

square

#A542DD #DD5842 #7ADD42 #42C7DD

split-complementary

#A542DD #C7DD42 #42DD58

monochromatic

#62198C #8722BF #A542DD #BE76E6 #D6AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A542DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A542DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542DD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542DD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2775DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.229 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ee8',
    500: '#a542dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542dd;
$custom-light: #c47ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58389,
    "c": 0.229,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542DD

secondary

#B5DD9D

accent

#EC3B7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542DD

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

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