#A942E2#A942E2

#A942E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.235 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A942E2
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 66.58, -63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 91.69, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1528 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.235 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0352, 17.8232, 73.6894)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A942E2 #7BE242

analogous

#5942E2 #A942E2 #E242CB

triadic

#A942E2 #E2A942 #42E2A9

tetradic

#A942E2 #E25942 #7BE242 #42CBE2

square

#A942E2 #E25942 #7BE242 #42CBE2

split-complementary

#A942E2 #CBE242 #42E259

monochromatic

#671793 #8C1FC8 #A942E2 #C177EA #D9ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A942E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#A942E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A942E2

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A942E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A942E2	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2677DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a942e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.235 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77fec',
    500: '#a942e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a942e2;
$custom-light: #c77fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a942e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5923,
    "c": 0.2349,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A942E2

secondary

#B7E09F

accent

#F03879

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A942E2

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

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