#A040AE#A040AE

#A040AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.185 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040AE
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 174)
HSL	hsl(292, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(292, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 63.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 55.06, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 68.46, 323.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1469 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.185 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9698, 14.1976, 41.5140)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040AE #4EAE40

analogous

#6940AE #A040AE #AE4085

triadic

#A040AE #AEA040 #40AEA0

tetradic

#A040AE #AE6940 #4EAE40 #4085AE

square

#A040AE #AE6940 #4EAE40 #4085AE

split-complementary

#A040AE #85AE40 #40AE69

monochromatic

#4E1F55 #773081 #A040AE #BA65C6 #CE92D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#A040AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A040AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040AE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040AE	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2862B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.185 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bc6',
    500: '#a040ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040ae;
$custom-light: #bf7bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54527,
    "c": 0.18549,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040AE

secondary

#8FC288

accent

#D65263

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040AE

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

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