#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
RGBrgb(168, 66, 224)
HSLhsl(279, 72%, 57%)
HSVhsv(279, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(49.01, 65.97, -62.35)
CIE-LCHlch(49.01, 90.77, 316.62°)
OKLaboklab(58.97% 0.1518 -0.1764)
OKLCHoklch(58.97% 0.233 310.7)
XYZxyz(31.5486, 17.6038, 72.2425)
Luminance0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A842E01.004.654.524.65
#FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00
#0000004.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00

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

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#A842E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva