#A942E6#A942E6

#A942E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.239 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A942E6
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 67.41, -64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 93.56, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1523 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.239 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5905, 18.0453, 76.6138)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A942E6 #7FE642

analogous

#5742E6 #A942E6 #E642D1

triadic

#A942E6 #E6A942 #42E6A9

tetradic

#A942E6 #E65742 #7FE642 #42D1E6

square

#A942E6 #E65742 #7FE642 #42D1E6

split-complementary

#A942E6 #D1E642 #42E657

monochromatic

#681499 #8C1BCF #A942E6 #C278ED #DAAEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#A942E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A942E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A942E6

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A942E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A942E6	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a942e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.239 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fef',
    500: '#a942e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a942e6;
$custom-light: #c87fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a942e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.683,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59507,
    "c": 0.23866,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A942E6

secondary

#BAE3A1

accent

#F3357B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A942E6

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

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