#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
RGBrgb(165, 66, 222)
HSLhsl(278, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(278, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(25.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(48.47, 64.96, -62.10)
CIE-LCHlch(48.47, 89.87, 316.29°)
OKLaboklab(58.46% 0.1483 -0.1758)
OKLCHoklch(58.46% 0.23 310.2)
XYZxyz(30.6475, 17.1703, 70.7928)
Luminance0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##A542DE1.004.744.434.74
#FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00
#0000004.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00

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

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#A542DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva