#A742DB#A742DB

#A742DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.228 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742DB
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 64.73, -60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 88.44, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1512 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.228 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6684, 17.2272, 68.7137)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742DB #76DB42

analogous

#5A42DB #A742DB #DB42C2

triadic

#A742DB #DBA742 #42DBA7

tetradic

#A742DB #DB5A42 #76DB42 #42C2DB

square

#A742DB #DB5A42 #76DB42 #42C2DB

split-complementary

#A742DB #C2DB42 #42DB5A

monochromatic

#631A89 #8824BC #A742DB #BF75E5 #D7A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#A742DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#A742DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742DB

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742DB	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E75D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.228 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe7',
    500: '#a742db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742db;
$custom-light: #c67fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.608,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58502,
    "c": 0.22772,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742DB

secondary

#B2DC9D

accent

#EB3D78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742DB

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

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