#A742A5#A742A5

#A742A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.178 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742A5
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(301, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 1.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 54.31, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 64.02, 328.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.152 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.178 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6758, 14.8301, 37.1528)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742A5 #42A744

analogous

#7642A7 #A742A5 #A74272

triadic

#A742A5 #A5A742 #42A5A7

tetradic

#A742A5 #A77642 #42A744 #4272A7

square

#A742A5 #A77642 #42A744 #4272A7

split-complementary

#A742A5 #72A742 #42A776

monochromatic

#4F1F4E #7B317A #A742A5 #C264C0 #D390D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#A742A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A742A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742A5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742A5	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3863A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A70A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC4E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.178 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47dc0',
    500: '#a742a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742a5;
$custom-light: #c47dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.188,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55227,
    "c": 0.17841,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742A5

secondary

#86BE87

accent

#D35755

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742A5

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

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