#A040A2#A040A2

#A040A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.175 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040A2
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 162)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 60.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 52.83, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 63.15, 326.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1463 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.175 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8518, 13.7504, 35.6259)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040A2 #42A240

analogous

#6F40A2 #A040A2 #A24073

triadic

#A040A2 #A2A040 #40A2A0

tetradic

#A040A2 #A26F40 #42A240 #4073A2

square

#A040A2 #A26F40 #42A240 #4073A2

split-complementary

#A040A2 #73A240 #40A26F

monochromatic

#491D4A #752F76 #A040A2 #BE5FC0 #D08BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#A040A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#A040A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040A2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040A2	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3360A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.175 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bbe',
    500: '#a040a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040a2;
$custom-light: #bf7bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53853,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040A2

secondary

#83BC82

accent

#D35557

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#120A12

muted

#817C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040A2

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

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