#A842CD#A842CD

#A842CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.215 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842CD
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 62.09, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 81.93, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1537 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.215 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1144, 16.6301, 59.4221)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842CD #67CD42

analogous

#6242CD #A842CD #CD42AC

triadic

#A842CD #CDA842 #42CDA8

tetradic

#A842CD #CD6242 #67CD42 #42ACCD

square

#A842CD #CD6242 #67CD42 #42ACCD

split-complementary

#A842CD #ACCD42 #42CD62

monochromatic

#5F1F76 #852CA6 #A842CD #BE72DA #D5A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A842CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A842CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842CD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842CD	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.215 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67edd',
    500: '#a842cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842cd;
$custom-light: #c67edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.029,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57707,
    "c": 0.21496,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842CD

secondary

#A7D397

accent

#E14670

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842CD

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

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