#A742DD#A742DD

#A742DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.230 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742DD
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 65.15, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 89.38, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1509 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.23 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9332, 17.3331, 70.1087)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742DD #78DD42

analogous

#5A42DD #A742DD #DD42C6

triadic

#A742DD #DDA742 #42DDA7

tetradic

#A742DD #DD5A42 #78DD42 #42C6DD

square

#A742DD #DD5A42 #78DD42 #42C6DD

split-complementary

#A742DD #C6DD42 #42DD5A

monochromatic

#64198C #8922BF #A742DD #BF76E6 #D7AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A742DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A742DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742DD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742DD	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B75DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.230 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe8',
    500: '#a742dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742dd;
$custom-light: #c67fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.097,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58638,
    "c": 0.2296,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742DD

secondary

#B4DD9D

accent

#EC3B79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742DD

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

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