#A542DE#A542DE

#A542DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.230 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542DE
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 64.96, -62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 89.87, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1483 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.23 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6475, 17.1703, 70.7928)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542DE #7BDE42

analogous

#5742DE #A542DE #DE42C9

triadic

#A542DE #DEA542 #42DEA5

tetradic

#A542DE #DE5742 #7BDE42 #42C9DE

square

#A542DE #DE5742 #7BDE42 #42C9DE

split-complementary

#A542DE #C9DE42 #42DE57

monochromatic

#62198D #8722C1 #A542DE #BE76E7 #D7AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A542DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A542DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542DE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542DE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2575DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.230 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ee9',
    500: '#a542de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542de;
$custom-light: #c47ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58458,
    "c": 0.22995,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542DE

secondary

#B5DE9E

accent

#ED3B7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542DE

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

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