#A842D0#A842D0

#A842D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.218 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842D0
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 62.69, -54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 83.32, 318.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1535 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.218 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4800, 16.7763, 61.3475)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842D0 #6AD042

analogous

#6142D0 #A842D0 #D042B1

triadic

#A842D0 #D0A842 #42D0A8

tetradic

#A842D0 #D06142 #6AD042 #42B1D0

square

#A842D0 #D06142 #6AD042 #42B1D0

split-complementary

#A842D0 #B1D042 #42D061

monochromatic

#601E79 #862AAA #A842D0 #BF73DC #D5A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A842D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A842D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842D0

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842D0	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.218 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67edf',
    500: '#a842d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842d0;
$custom-light: #c67edf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.579,
    "c": 0.21775,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842D0

secondary

#AAD599

accent

#E34471

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842D0

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

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