#A842DC#A842DC

#A842DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.229 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842DC
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 65.14, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 88.90, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1523 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.229 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0125, 17.3894, 69.4191)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842DC #76DC42

analogous

#5B42DC #A842DC #DC42C3

triadic

#A842DC #DCA842 #42DCA8

tetradic

#A842DC #DC5B42 #76DC42 #42C3DC

square

#A842DC #DC5B42 #76DC42 #42C3DC

split-complementary

#A842DC #C3DC42 #42DC5B

monochromatic

#641A8A #8923BE #A842DC #C076E6 #D8A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A842DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A842DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842DC

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842DC	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E76D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.229 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe8',
    500: '#a842dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842dc;
$custom-light: #c67fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.74,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58695,
    "c": 0.22897,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842DC

secondary

#B3DD9D

accent

#EC3C77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842DC

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

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