#A842CE#A842CE

#A842CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.216 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842CE
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 62.29, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 82.39, 319.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1536 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.216 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2355, 16.6785, 60.0598)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842CE #68CE42

analogous

#6242CE #A842CE #CE42AE

triadic

#A842CE #CEA842 #42CEA8

tetradic

#A842CE #CE6242 #68CE42 #42AECE

square

#A842CE #CE6242 #68CE42 #42AECE

split-complementary

#A842CE #AECE42 #42CE62

monochromatic

#5F1F77 #862BA7 #A842CE #BE73DB #D5A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#A842CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#A842CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842CE

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842CE	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.216 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ede',
    500: '#a842ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842ce;
$custom-light: #c67ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57771,
    "c": 0.21588,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842CE

secondary

#A8D498

accent

#E24670

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842CE

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

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