#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
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 63.70, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 85.64, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.153 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.222 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1048, 17.0263, 64.6385)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A842D5	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A842D5

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

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