#A742E8#A742E8

#A742E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.240 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A742E8
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 71.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 67.46, -66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 94.53, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.1494 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.24 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4471, 17.9387, 78.0815)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A742E8 #83E842

analogous

#5442E8 #A742E8 #E842D6

triadic

#A742E8 #E8A742 #42E8A7

tetradic

#A742E8 #E85442 #83E842 #42D6E8

square

#A742E8 #E85442 #83E842 #42D6E8

split-complementary

#A742E8 #D6E842 #42E854

monochromatic

#67139D #8B1AD3 #A742E8 #C079EF #DAAFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#A742E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#A742E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A742E8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A742E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A742E8	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F77E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a742e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.240 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ff0',
    500: '#a742e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a742e8;
$custom-light: #c67ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a742e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.506,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59403,
    "c": 0.23999,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A742E8

secondary

#BCE4A2

accent

#F5337F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A742E8

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

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