#A040A0#A040A0

#A040A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.173 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040A0
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 160)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(300, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 52.47, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 62.29, 327.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1461 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.173 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6754, 13.6799, 34.6970)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040A0 #40A040

analogous

#7040A0 #A040A0 #A04070

triadic

#A040A0 #A0A040 #40A0A0

tetradic

#A040A0 #A07040 #40A040 #4070A0

square

#A040A0 #A07040 #40A040 #4070A0

split-complementary

#A040A0 #70A040 #40A070

monochromatic

#491D49 #742F74 #A040A0 #BF5EBF #D08AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#A040A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A040A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040A0

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040A0	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.173 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bbc',
    500: '#a040a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040a0;
$custom-light: #bf7bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53745,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040A0

secondary

#81BB81

accent

#D35555

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#120A12

muted

#817C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040A0

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

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