#A742E7#A742E7

#A742E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.239 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742E7
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 67.25, -65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 94.06, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1496 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.239 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3054, 17.8820, 77.3355)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742E7 #82E742

analogous

#5442E7 #A742E7 #E742D5

triadic

#A742E7 #E7A742 #42E7A7

tetradic

#A742E7 #E75442 #82E742 #42D5E7

square

#A742E7 #E75442 #82E742 #42D5E7

split-complementary

#A742E7 #D5E742 #42E754

monochromatic

#66149B #8A1BD1 #A742E7 #C078EE #DAAFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#A742E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#A742E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A742E7

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A742E7	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1376E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.239 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ff0',
    500: '#a742e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742e7;
$custom-light: #c67ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.727,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.23904,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742E7

secondary

#BBE3A2

accent

#F4347E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742E7

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

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