#A742C8#A742C8

#A742C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.210 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742C8
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 60.88, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 79.61, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1527 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.21 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3083, 16.2832, 56.2842)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742C8 #63C842

analogous

#6442C8 #A742C8 #C842A6

triadic

#A742C8 #C8A742 #42C8A7

tetradic

#A742C8 #C86442 #63C842 #42A6C8

square

#A742C8 #C86442 #63C842 #42A6C8

split-complementary

#A742C8 #A6C842 #42C864

monochromatic

#5C206F #832E9F #A742C8 #BD71D6 #D3A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#A742C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A742C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742C8

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742C8	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4473C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.210 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ed9',
    500: '#a742c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742c8;
$custom-light: #c57ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.224,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57259,
    "c": 0.20992,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742C8

secondary

#A4D096

accent

#DE4A6E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742C8

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

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