#A742CF#A742CF

#A742CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.216 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742CF
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(283, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 62.28, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 82.85, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1523 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.216 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1452, 16.6179, 60.6917)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742CF #6ACF42

analogous

#6042CF #A742CF #CF42B0

triadic

#A742CF #CFA742 #42CFA7

tetradic

#A742CF #CF6042 #6ACF42 #42B0CF

square

#A742CF #CF6042 #6ACF42 #42B0CF

split-complementary

#A742CF #B0CF42 #42CF60

monochromatic

#5F1F78 #852BA9 #A742CF #BE73DB #D4A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A742CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A742CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742CF

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742CF	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.216 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ede',
    500: '#a742cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742cf;
$custom-light: #c57ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.979,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57707,
    "c": 0.21645,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742CF

secondary

#A9D598

accent

#E34572

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742CF

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

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