#A842C7#A842C7

#A842C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.209 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842C7
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 60.90, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 79.17, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.154 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.209 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4040, 16.3459, 55.6807)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842C7 #61C742

analogous

#6642C7 #A842C7 #C742A4

triadic

#A842C7 #C7A842 #42C7A8

tetradic

#A842C7 #C76642 #61C742 #42A4C7

square

#A842C7 #C76642 #61C742 #42A4C7

split-complementary

#A842C7 #A4C742 #42C766

monochromatic

#5C216E #832F9D #A842C7 #BE71D5 #D3A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#A842C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A842C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842C7

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842C7	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4674C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.209 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ed9',
    500: '#a842c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842c7;
$custom-light: #c57ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.015,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.20939,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842C7

secondary

#A3D095

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFA

border

#D1CAD3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842C7

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

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