#A842C8#A842C8

#A842C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.210 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842C8
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 61.10, -51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 79.63, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.154 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.21 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5205, 16.3925, 56.2941)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842C8 #62C842

analogous

#6542C8 #A842C8 #C842A5

triadic

#A842C8 #C8A842 #42C8A8

tetradic

#A842C8 #C86542 #62C842 #42A5C8

square

#A842C8 #C86542 #62C842 #42A5C8

split-complementary

#A842C8 #A5C842 #42C865

monochromatic

#5C206F #842E9F #A842C8 #BE71D6 #D4A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A842C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A842C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842C8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842C8	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4574C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.210 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ed9',
    500: '#a842c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842c8;
$custom-light: #c57ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5739,
    "c": 0.21032,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842C8

secondary

#A4D096

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842C8

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

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