#A040AC#A040AC

#A040AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.184 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040AC
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 172)
HSL	hsl(293, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(293, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 62.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 54.68, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 67.56, 324.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1469 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.184 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7763, 14.1202, 40.4948)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040AC #4CAC40

analogous

#6A40AC #A040AC #AC4082

triadic

#A040AC #ACA040 #40ACA0

tetradic

#A040AC #AC6A40 #4CAC40 #4082AC

square

#A040AC #AC6A40 #4CAC40 #4082AC

split-complementary

#A040AC #82AC40 #40AC6A

monochromatic

#4D1F53 #772F7F #A040AC #BA64C5 #CE91D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A040AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A040AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040AC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040AC	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A62AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.184 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bc5',
    500: '#a040ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040ac;
$custom-light: #bf7bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54412,
    "c": 0.18367,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040AC

secondary

#8DC187

accent

#D55261

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040AC

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

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