#A842E0#A842E0

#A842E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.233 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842E0
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 65.97, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 90.77, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1518 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.233 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5486, 17.6038, 72.2425)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842E0 #7AE042

analogous

#5942E0 #A842E0 #E042C9

triadic

#A842E0 #E0A842 #42E0A8

tetradic

#A842E0 #E05942 #7AE042 #42C9E0

square

#A842E0 #E05942 #7AE042 #42C9E0

split-complementary

#A842E0 #C9E042 #42E059

monochromatic

#651890 #8A20C5 #A842E0 #C077E9 #D8ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#A842E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#A842E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842E0

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842E0	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2876DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.233 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77feb',
    500: '#a842e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842e0;
$custom-light: #c77feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58968,
    "c": 0.23273,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842E0

secondary

#B6DF9F

accent

#EF397A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842E0

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

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