#A040A1#A040A1

#A040A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.174 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040A1
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 161)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 52.65, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 62.72, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.1462 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.174 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7633, 13.7150, 35.1596)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040A1 #41A140

analogous

#7040A1 #A040A1 #A14072

triadic

#A040A1 #A1A040 #40A1A0

tetradic

#A040A1 #A17040 #41A140 #4072A1

square

#A040A1 #A17040 #41A140 #4072A1

split-complementary

#A040A1 #72A140 #40A170

monochromatic

#491D49 #742F75 #A040A1 #BE5FBF #D08BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#A040A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A040A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040A1

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040A1	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3460A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.174 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bbd',
    500: '#a040a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040a1;
$custom-light: #bf7bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.381,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53799,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040A1

secondary

#82BC81

accent

#D35556

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#120A12

muted

#817C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040A1

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

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