#A842D5#A842D5

#A842D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.222 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A842D5
RGBrgb(168, 66, 213)
HSLhsl(282, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(21.1%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(48.29, 63.70, -57.24)
CIE-LCHlch(48.29, 85.64, 318.06°)
OKLaboklab(58.23% 0.153 -0.1614)
OKLCHoklch(58.23% 0.222 313.5)
XYZxyz(30.1048, 17.0263, 64.6385)
Luminance0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A842D5 #6FD542
analogous
#5F42D5 #A842D5 #D542B8
triadic
#A842D5 #D5A842 #42D5A8
tetradic
#A842D5 #D55F42 #6FD542 #42B8D5
square
#A842D5 #D55F42 #6FD542 #42B8D5
split-complementary
#A842D5 #B8D542 #42D55F
monochromatic
#621C80 #8828B2 #A842D5 #BF74E0 #D6A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77
#A842D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40
#A842D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842D5
4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A842D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A842D51.004.774.404.77
#FFFFFF4.771.0021.001.00
#0000004.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.771.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006DD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3875D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A36087
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a842d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.222 313.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee3',
    500: '#a842d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a842d5;
$custom-light: #c67ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a842d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58227,
    "c": 0.22241,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A842D5
secondary
#ADD89A
accent
#E74174
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFC
border
#D2CAD5
text
#130B15
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#A842D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva