#A040A3#A040A3

#A040A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.176 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040A3
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 163)
HSL	hsl(298, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(298, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 53.02, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 63.58, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.1464 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.176 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9410, 13.7861, 36.0959)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040A3 #43A340

analogous

#6F40A3 #A040A3 #A34075

triadic

#A040A3 #A3A040 #40A3A0

tetradic

#A040A3 #A36F40 #43A340 #4075A3

square

#A040A3 #A36F40 #43A340 #4075A3

split-complementary

#A040A3 #75A340 #40A36F

monochromatic

#4A1D4B #752F77 #A040A3 #BE60C0 #D08CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#A040A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A040A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040A3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040A3	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3260A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.176 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bbe',
    500: '#a040a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040a3;
$custom-light: #bf7bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.182,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53907,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040A3

secondary

#84BD82

accent

#D35458

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#120A12

muted

#817C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040A3

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

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