#A040A9#A040A9

#A040A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.181 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040A9
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 169)
HSL	hsl(295, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(295, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 62.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 54.12, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 66.22, 324.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1467 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.181 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4914, 14.0063, 38.9946)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040A9 #49A940

analogous

#6B40A9 #A040A9 #A9407D

triadic

#A040A9 #A9A040 #40A9A0

tetradic

#A040A9 #A96B40 #49A940 #407DA9

square

#A040A9 #A96B40 #49A940 #407DA9

split-complementary

#A040A9 #7DA940 #40A96B

monochromatic

#4C1E50 #762F7D #A040A9 #BB62C4 #CF8FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#A040A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#A040A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040A9

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040A9	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D61AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.181 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bc3',
    500: '#a040a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040a9;
$custom-light: #bf7bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54241,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040A9

secondary

#8AC085

accent

#D5535E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040A9

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

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