#A742DE#A742DE

#A742DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.231 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742DE
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 65.35, -61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 89.85, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1508 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.231 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0669, 17.3866, 70.8125)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742DE #79DE42

analogous

#5942DE #A742DE #DE42C7

triadic

#A742DE #DEA742 #42DEA7

tetradic

#A742DE #DE5942 #79DE42 #42C7DE

square

#A742DE #DE5942 #79DE42 #42C7DE

split-complementary

#A742DE #C7DE42 #42DE59

monochromatic

#64198D #8922C1 #A742DE #BF76E7 #D8AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A742DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A742DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742DE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742DE	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2975DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.231 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe9',
    500: '#a742de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742de;
$custom-light: #c67fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58706,
    "c": 0.23055,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742DE

secondary

#B4DE9E

accent

#ED3B7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742DE

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

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