#A642E2#A642E2

#A642E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.234 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A642E2
RGB	rgb(166, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 66.00, -63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 91.73, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.149 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.234 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3988, 17.4950, 73.6596)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A642E2 #7EE242

analogous

#5642E2 #A642E2 #E242CE

triadic

#A642E2 #E2A642 #42E2A6

tetradic

#A642E2 #E25642 #7EE242 #42CEE2

square

#A642E2 #E25642 #7EE242 #42CEE2

split-complementary

#A642E2 #CEE242 #42E256

monochromatic

#641793 #891FC8 #A642E2 #BF77EA #D8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#A642E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#A642E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A642E2

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A642E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A642E2	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F75DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a642e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.234 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57fec',
    500: '#a642e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a642e2;
$custom-light: #c57fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a642e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58859,
    "c": 0.23403,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A642E2

secondary

#B8E09F

accent

#F0387D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A642E2

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

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