#A842D7#A842D7

#A842D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.224 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842D7
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 64.11, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 86.57, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1529 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.224 313)
XYZ	xyz(30.3602, 17.1285, 65.9836)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842D7 #71D742

analogous

#5D42D7 #A842D7 #D742BB

triadic

#A842D7 #D7A842 #42D7A8

tetradic

#A842D7 #D75D42 #71D742 #42BBD7

square

#A842D7 #D75D42 #71D742 #42BBD7

split-complementary

#A842D7 #BBD742 #42D75D

monochromatic

#621C83 #8826B5 #A842D7 #BF75E2 #D7A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A842D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A842D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842D7

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842D7	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3575D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.224 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee4',
    500: '#a842d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842d7;
$custom-light: #c67ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.074,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5836,
    "c": 0.22429,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.17128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842D7

secondary

#AFDA9B

accent

#E84075

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842D7

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

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