#A742E1#A742E1

#A742E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.233 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742E1
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 65.98, -63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 91.25, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.1504 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.233 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4725, 17.5488, 72.9489)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742E1 #7CE142

analogous

#5742E1 #A742E1 #E142CC

triadic

#A742E1 #E1A742 #42E1A7

tetradic

#A742E1 #E15742 #7CE142 #42CCE1

square

#A742E1 #E15742 #7CE142 #42CCE1

split-complementary

#A742E1 #CCE142 #42E157

monochromatic

#651792 #891FC6 #A742E1 #C077E9 #D8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#A742E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#A742E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742E1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742E1	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2376DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.233 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67feb',
    500: '#a742e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742e1;
$custom-light: #c67feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.113,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58913,
    "c": 0.23337,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742E1

secondary

#B7E09F

accent

#EF387B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742E1

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

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