#A842D8#A842D8

#A842D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.225 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842D8
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 64.32, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 87.04, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1528 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.225 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4891, 17.1800, 66.6624)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842D8 #72D842

analogous

#5D42D8 #A842D8 #D842BD

triadic

#A842D8 #D8A842 #42D8A8

tetradic

#A842D8 #D85D42 #72D842 #42BDD8

square

#A842D8 #D85D42 #72D842 #42BDD8

split-complementary

#A842D8 #BDD842 #42D85D

monochromatic

#631B84 #8926B7 #A842D8 #BF75E2 #D7A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A842D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A842D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842D8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842D8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3475D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.225 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe5',
    500: '#a842d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842d8;
$custom-light: #c67fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58426,
    "c": 0.22522,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842D8

secondary

#B0DA9C

accent

#E93F75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842D8

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

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