#A842DB#A842DB

#A842DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.228 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842DB
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 64.93, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 88.44, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1524 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.228 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8805, 17.3366, 68.7237)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842DB #75DB42

analogous

#5B42DB #A842DB #DB42C1

triadic

#A842DB #DBA842 #42DBA8

tetradic

#A842DB #DB5B42 #75DB42 #42C1DB

square

#A842DB #DB5B42 #75DB42 #42C1DB

split-complementary

#A842DB #C1DB42 #42DB5B

monochromatic

#641A89 #8924BC #A842DB #C075E5 #D7A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A842DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A842DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842DB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842DB	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3076D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.228 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe7',
    500: '#a842db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842db;
$custom-light: #c67fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.22803,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842DB

secondary

#B2DC9D

accent

#EB3D77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842DB

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

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