#A742E2#A742E2

#A742E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.234 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742E2
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 66.19, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 91.72, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1503 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.234 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6093, 17.6036, 73.6694)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742E2 #7DE242

analogous

#5742E2 #A742E2 #E242CD

triadic

#A742E2 #E2A742 #42E2A7

tetradic

#A742E2 #E25742 #7DE242 #42CDE2

square

#A742E2 #E25742 #7DE242 #42CDE2

split-complementary

#A742E2 #CDE242 #42E257

monochromatic

#651793 #8A1FC8 #A742E2 #C077EA #D8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#A742E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#A742E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742E2

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742E2	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2176DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.234 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fec',
    500: '#a742e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742e2;
$custom-light: #c67fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58982,
    "c": 0.23432,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742E2

secondary

#B7E09F

accent

#F0387C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742E2

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

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