#A542E1#A542E1

#A542E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.233 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542E1
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 65.59, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 91.28, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1479 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.233 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0532, 17.3326, 72.9292)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542E1 #7EE142

analogous

#5542E1 #A542E1 #E142CE

triadic

#A542E1 #E1A542 #42E1A5

tetradic

#A542E1 #E15542 #7EE142 #42CEE1

square

#A542E1 #E15542 #7EE142 #42CEE1

split-complementary

#A542E1 #CEE142 #42E155

monochromatic

#631792 #871FC6 #A542E1 #BE77E9 #D7ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A542E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A542E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542E1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542E1	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F75DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.233 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57feb',
    500: '#a542e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542e1;
$custom-light: #c57feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.358,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58666,
    "c": 0.2328,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542E1

secondary

#B7E09F

accent

#EF387D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542E1

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

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