#A942E0#A942E0

#A942E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.233 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A942E0
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 66.16, -62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 90.76, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1531 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.233 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7624, 17.7140, 72.2525)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A942E0 #79E042

analogous

#5A42E0 #A942E0 #E042C8

triadic

#A942E0 #E0A942 #42E0A9

tetradic

#A942E0 #E05A42 #79E042 #42C8E0

square

#A942E0 #E05A42 #79E042 #42C8E0

split-complementary

#A942E0 #C8E042 #42E05A

monochromatic

#661890 #8B20C5 #A942E0 #C177E9 #D9ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A942E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#A942E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A942E0

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A942E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A942E0	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)

#0070E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A77DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a942e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.233 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77feb',
    500: '#a942e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a942e0;
$custom-light: #c77feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a942e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.114,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59092,
    "c": 0.23303,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A942E0

secondary

#B5DF9F

accent

#EF3978

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A942E0

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

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