#A842DA#A842DA

#A842DA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.227 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842DA
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 64.73, -59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 87.97, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1525 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.227 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7492, 17.2841, 68.0324)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A842DA #74DA42

analogous

#5C42DA #A842DA #DA42C0

triadic

#A842DA #DAA842 #42DAA8

tetradic

#A842DA #DA5C42 #74DA42 #42C0DA

square

#A842DA #DA5C42 #74DA42 #42C0DA

split-complementary

#A842DA #C0DA42 #42DA5C

monochromatic

#631A87 #8924BA #A842DA #C075E4 #D7A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A842DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A842DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842DA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842DA	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3176D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.227 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe6',
    500: '#a842da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842da;
$custom-light: #c67fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.263,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5856,
    "c": 0.2271,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842DA

secondary

#B1DB9C

accent

#EA3E76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842DA

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

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