#A040A5#A040A5

#A040A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.177 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040A5
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(297, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(297, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 61.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 53.38, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 64.45, 325.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1465 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.177 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1216, 13.8584, 37.0471)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040A5 #45A540

analogous

#6E40A5 #A040A5 #A54077

triadic

#A040A5 #A5A040 #40A5A0

tetradic

#A040A5 #A56E40 #45A540 #4077A5

square

#A040A5 #A56E40 #45A540 #4077A5

split-complementary

#A040A5 #77A540 #40A56E

monochromatic

#4A1E4D #752F79 #A040A5 #BD61C2 #CF8DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#A040A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A040A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040A5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040A5	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3160A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.177 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bc0',
    500: '#a040a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040a5;
$custom-light: #bf7bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.03,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54017,
    "c": 0.17736,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040A5

secondary

#86BE83

accent

#D4545A

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#120A12

muted

#817C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040A5

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

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