#A042A8

A medium, moderate magenta closely aligning with Mediumorchid.

About #A042A8

When working with digital screens, the color #A042A8 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Mediumorchid. Its digital footprint relies on 160 parts red, 66 parts green, and 168 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 5% cyan and 61% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A042A8
RGB160, 66, 168
HSL295.3°, 43.6%, 45.9%
CMYK5%, 61%, 0%, 34%
HSV295.3°, 60.7%, 65.9%
LAB44.5, 53.0, -37.1
XYZ23.5, 14.2, 38.5
Decimal10502824

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.47:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.84:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.23:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.26:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A042A8; }
.text-color { color: #A042A8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A042A8; }

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