#A542E7#A542E7

#A542E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.239 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542E7
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(276, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 66.87, -66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 94.10, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.147 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.239 308)
XYZ	xyz(31.8861, 17.6658, 77.3159)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542E7 #84E742

analogous

#5242E7 #A542E7 #E742D6

triadic

#A542E7 #E7A542 #42E7A5

tetradic

#A542E7 #E75242 #84E742 #42D6E7

square

#A542E7 #E75242 #84E742 #42D6E7

split-complementary

#A542E7 #D6E742 #42E752

monochromatic

#65149B #881BD1 #A542E7 #BF78EE #D9AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#A542E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#A542E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A542E7

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A542E7	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A76E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.239 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ff0',
    500: '#a542e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542e7;
$custom-light: #c57ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59089,
    "c": 0.23851,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.17665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542E7

secondary

#BCE3A2

accent

#F43481

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542E7

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

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