#A542E2#A542E2

#A542E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.234 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542E2
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 65.80, -63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 91.75, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1477 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.234 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1900, 17.3873, 73.6498)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542E2 #7FE242

analogous

#5542E2 #A542E2 #E242CF

triadic

#A542E2 #E2A542 #42E2A5

tetradic

#A542E2 #E25542 #7FE242 #42CFE2

square

#A542E2 #E25542 #7FE242 #42CFE2

split-complementary

#A542E2 #CFE242 #42E255

monochromatic

#641793 #881FC8 #A542E2 #BE77EA #D8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A542E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A542E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542E2

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542E2	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C75DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.234 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57fec',
    500: '#a542e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542e2;
$custom-light: #c57fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58736,
    "c": 0.23375,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542E2

secondary

#B8E09F

accent

#F0387E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542E2

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

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