#A842D6#A842D6

#A842D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.223 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842D6
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 63.91, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 86.11, 317.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.153 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.223 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2321, 17.0772, 65.3090)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842D6 #70D642

analogous

#5E42D6 #A842D6 #D642BA

triadic

#A842D6 #D6A842 #42D6A8

tetradic

#A842D6 #D65E42 #70D642 #42BAD6

square

#A842D6 #D65E42 #70D642 #42BAD6

split-complementary

#A842D6 #BAD642 #42D65E

monochromatic

#621C82 #8827B4 #A842D6 #BF74E1 #D6A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#A842D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A842D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842D6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842D6	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3675D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.223 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee3',
    500: '#a842d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842d6;
$custom-light: #c67ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.351,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58293,
    "c": 0.22335,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842D6

secondary

#AED99B

accent

#E74074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842D6

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

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