#A742E6#A742E6

#A742E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.238 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742E6
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 67.03, -65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 93.59, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1497 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.238 309)
XYZ	xyz(32.1646, 17.8257, 76.5938)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742E6 #81E642

analogous

#5542E6 #A742E6 #E642D3

triadic

#A742E6 #E6A742 #42E6A7

tetradic

#A742E6 #E65542 #81E642 #42D3E6

square

#A742E6 #E65542 #81E642 #42D3E6

split-complementary

#A742E6 #D3E642 #42E655

monochromatic

#661499 #8A1BCF #A742E6 #C078ED #D9AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A742E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#A742E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742E6

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742E6	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1776E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.238 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fef',
    500: '#a742e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742e6;
$custom-light: #c67fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.951,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.23809,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.17825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742E6

secondary

#BAE3A1

accent

#F3357E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742E6

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

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