#A842E2#A842E2

#A842E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.235 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842E2
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 66.39, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 91.70, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1516 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.235 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8215, 17.7129, 73.6794)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842E2 #7CE242

analogous

#5842E2 #A842E2 #E242CC

triadic

#A842E2 #E2A842 #42E2A8

tetradic

#A842E2 #E25842 #7CE242 #42CCE2

square

#A842E2 #E25842 #7CE242 #42CCE2

split-complementary

#A842E2 #CCE242 #42E258

monochromatic

#661793 #8B1FC8 #A842E2 #C077EA #D9ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A842E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#A842E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A842E2

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A842E2	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2476DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.235 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77fec',
    500: '#a842e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842e2;
$custom-light: #c77fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59106,
    "c": 0.23461,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842E2

secondary

#B7E09F

accent

#F0387B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842E2

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

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