#A742D4#A742D4

#A742D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.221 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742D4
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 63.29, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 85.17, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1519 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.221 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7662, 16.8663, 63.9621)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742D4 #6FD442

analogous

#5E42D4 #A742D4 #D442B8

triadic

#A742D4 #D4A742 #42D4A7

tetradic

#A742D4 #D45E42 #6FD442 #42B8D4

square

#A742D4 #D45E42 #6FD442 #42B8D4

split-complementary

#A742D4 #B8D442 #42D45E

monochromatic

#611D7F #8728B1 #A742D4 #BE74DF #D5A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A742D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#A742D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742D4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742D4	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.221 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ee2',
    500: '#a742d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742d4;
$custom-light: #c57ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.507,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58034,
    "c": 0.22113,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742D4

secondary

#ADD89A

accent

#E64274

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742D4

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

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