#A742CC#A742CC

#A742CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.214 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742CC
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 61.67, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 81.46, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1525 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.214 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7819, 16.4726, 58.7784)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742CC #67CC42

analogous

#6242CC #A742CC #CC42AC

triadic

#A742CC #CCA742 #42CCA7

tetradic

#A742CC #CC6242 #67CC42 #42ACCC

square

#A742CC #CC6242 #67CC42 #42ACCC

split-complementary

#A742CC #ACCC42 #42CC62

monochromatic

#5D1F74 #842CA4 #A742CC #BD72D9 #D4A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A742CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A742CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742CC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742CC	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.214 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57edc',
    500: '#a742cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742cc;
$custom-light: #c57edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57513,
    "c": 0.21365,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742CC

secondary

#A7D397

accent

#E14770

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742CC

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

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