#A842CC#A842CC

#A842CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.214 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842CC
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 61.89, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 81.47, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1537 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.214 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9941, 16.5820, 58.7884)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842CC #66CC42

analogous

#6342CC #A842CC #CC42AB

triadic

#A842CC #CCA842 #42CCA8

tetradic

#A842CC #CC6342 #66CC42 #42ABCC

square

#A842CC #CC6342 #66CC42 #42ABCC

split-complementary

#A842CC #ABCC42 #42CC63

monochromatic

#5E1F74 #852CA4 #A842CC #BE72D9 #D4A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A842CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A842CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842CC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842CC	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4174C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.214 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67edc',
    500: '#a842cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842cc;
$custom-light: #c67edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57643,
    "c": 0.21403,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842CC

secondary

#A7D397

accent

#E1476F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →