#A542EE#A542EE

#A542EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.245 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A542EE
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 238)
HSL	hsl(275, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 68.37, -69.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 97.39, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1458 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.245 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8945, 18.0692, 82.6271)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A542EE #8BEE42

analogous

#4F42EE #A542EE #EE42E1

triadic

#A542EE #EEA542 #42EEA5

tetradic

#A542EE #EE4F42 #8BEE42 #42E1EE

square

#A542EE #EE4F42 #8BEE42 #42E1EE

split-complementary

#A542EE #E1EE42 #42EE4F

monochromatic

#660FA7 #8914DF #A542EE #C07AF3 #DAB2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#A542EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A542EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A542EE

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A542EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A542EE	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a542ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.245 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ff5',
    500: '#a542ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a542ee;
$custom-light: #c57ff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a542ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.535,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59592,
    "c": 0.24517,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A542EE

secondary

#C1E7A5

accent

#FA2E84

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9EFFE

border

#D2CAD6

text

#140B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A542EE

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

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