#A040B2#A040B2

#A040B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.189 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040B2
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(291, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 55.82, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 70.27, 322.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.147 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.189 321)
XYZ	xyz(24.3656, 14.3559, 43.5984)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040B2 #52B240

analogous

#6740B2 #A040B2 #B2408B

triadic

#A040B2 #B2A040 #40B2A0

tetradic

#A040B2 #B26740 #52B240 #408BB2

square

#A040B2 #B26740 #52B240 #408BB2

split-complementary

#A040B2 #8BB240 #40B267

monochromatic

#4F2058 #783085 #A040B2 #B967C8 #CE94D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#A040B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A040B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040B2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040B2	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2263B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.189 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7bc9',
    500: '#a040b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040b2;
$custom-light: #bf7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54762,
    "c": 0.18916,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.14355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040B2

secondary

#93C48A

accent

#D75166

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040B2

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

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