#A742CE#A742CE

#A742CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.216 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742CE
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 62.07, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 82.38, 318.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1524 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.216 315)
XYZ	xyz(29.0233, 16.5692, 60.0499)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742CE #69CE42

analogous

#6142CE #A742CE #CE42AF

triadic

#A742CE #CEA742 #42CEA7

tetradic

#A742CE #CE6142 #69CE42 #42AFCE

square

#A742CE #CE6142 #69CE42 #42AFCE

split-complementary

#A742CE #AFCE42 #42CE61

monochromatic

#5E1F77 #852BA7 #A742CE #BE73DB #D4A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A742CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A742CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742CE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742CE	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.216 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ede',
    500: '#a742ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742ce;
$custom-light: #c57ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57642,
    "c": 0.21551,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.16568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742CE

secondary

#A9D498

accent

#E24671

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742CE

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

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