#A040AA#A040AA

#A040AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.182 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040AA
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 170)
HSL	hsl(294, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(294, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 54.30, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 66.67, 324.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.1468 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.182 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5856, 14.0440, 39.4909)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040AA #4AAA40

analogous

#6B40AA #A040AA #AA407F

triadic

#A040AA #AAA040 #40AAA0

tetradic

#A040AA #AA6B40 #4AAA40 #407FAA

square

#A040AA #AA6B40 #4AAA40 #407FAA

split-complementary

#A040AA #7FAA40 #40AA6B

monochromatic

#4C1F51 #762F7E #A040AA #BB63C4 #CE8FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#A040AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A040AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040AA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040AA	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C61AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3506F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.182 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bc4',
    500: '#a040aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040aa;
$custom-light: #bf7bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.34,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54298,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040AA

secondary

#8BC086

accent

#D5535F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040AA

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

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