#A842DE#A842DE

#A842DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.231 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842DE
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 65.55, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 89.84, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1521 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.231 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2790, 17.4960, 70.8224)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842DE #78DE42

analogous

#5A42DE #A842DE #DE42C6

triadic

#A842DE #DEA842 #42DEA8

tetradic

#A842DE #DE5A42 #78DE42 #42C6DE

square

#A842DE #DE5A42 #78DE42 #42C6DE

split-complementary

#A842DE #C6DE42 #42DE5A

monochromatic

#65198D #8A22C1 #A842DE #C076E7 #D8AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#A842DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#A842DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842DE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842DE	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B76DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.231 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67fe9',
    500: '#a842de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842de;
$custom-light: #c67fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58831,
    "c": 0.23085,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842DE

secondary

#B4DE9E

accent

#ED3B78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842DE

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

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