#A842DD#A842DD

#A842DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.230 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842DD
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 65.35, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 89.37, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1522 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.23 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1454, 17.4425, 70.1186)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842DD #77DD42

analogous

#5B42DD #A842DD #DD42C5

triadic

#A842DD #DDA842 #42DDA8

tetradic

#A842DD #DD5B42 #77DD42 #42C5DD

square

#A842DD #DD5B42 #77DD42 #42C5DD

split-complementary

#A842DD #C5DD42 #42DD5B

monochromatic

#64198C #8A22BF #A842DD #C076E6 #D8AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A842DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A842DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842DD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842DD	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.230 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe8',
    500: '#a842dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842dd;
$custom-light: #c67fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.484,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58763,
    "c": 0.22992,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842DD

secondary

#B3DD9D

accent

#EC3B78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842DD

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

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