#A742DC#A742DC

#A742DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.229 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742DC
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 64.94, -60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 88.91, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.1511 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.229 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8004, 17.2800, 69.4091)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742DC #77DC42

analogous

#5A42DC #A742DC #DC42C4

triadic

#A742DC #DCA742 #42DCA7

tetradic

#A742DC #DC5A42 #77DC42 #42C4DC

square

#A742DC #DC5A42 #77DC42 #42C4DC

split-complementary

#A742DC #C4DC42 #42DC5A

monochromatic

#631A8A #8823BE #A742DC #BF76E6 #D7A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A742DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A742DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742DC

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742DC	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C75D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.229 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe8',
    500: '#a742dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742dc;
$custom-light: #c67fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5857,
    "c": 0.22866,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742DC

secondary

#B3DD9D

accent

#EC3C79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742DC

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

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