#A842EA#A842EA

#A842EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.242 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A842EA
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(276, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 68.07, -66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 95.44, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1504 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.242 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9449, 18.1623, 79.5961)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A842EA #84EA42

analogous

#5442EA #A842EA #EA42D8

triadic

#A842EA #EAA842 #42EAA8

tetradic

#A842EA #EA5442 #84EA42 #42D8EA

square

#A842EA #EA5442 #84EA42 #42D8EA

split-complementary

#A842EA #D8EA42 #42EA54

monochromatic

#6812A0 #8C18D7 #A842EA #C179F0 #DBB0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#A842EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#A842EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A842EA

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A842EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A842EA	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A77E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a842ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.242 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ff2',
    500: '#a842ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a842ea;
$custom-light: #c77ff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a842ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59666,
    "c": 0.24214,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A842EA

secondary

#BDE5A3

accent

#F6317F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A842EA

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

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