#A842D4#A842D4

#A842D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.221 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842D4
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 63.50, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 85.18, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1531 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.221 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9783, 16.9757, 63.9721)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842D4 #6ED442

analogous

#5F42D4 #A842D4 #D442B7

triadic

#A842D4 #D4A842 #42D4A8

tetradic

#A842D4 #D45F42 #6ED442 #42B7D4

square

#A842D4 #D45F42 #6ED442 #42B7D4

split-complementary

#A842D4 #B7D442 #42D45F

monochromatic

#611D7F #8828B1 #A842D4 #BF74DF #D6A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A842D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A842D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842D4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842D4	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3975D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.221 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee2',
    500: '#a842d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842d4;
$custom-light: #c67ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.918,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58161,
    "c": 0.22148,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842D4

secondary

#ADD89A

accent

#E64273

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842D4

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

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