#A040B5#A040B5

#A040B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.192 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040B5
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(289, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 56.40, -44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 71.64, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.147 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.192 320)
XYZ	xyz(24.6701, 14.4777, 45.2021)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040B5 #55B540

analogous

#6640B5 #A040B5 #B5408F

triadic

#A040B5 #B5A040 #40B5A0

tetradic

#A040B5 #B56640 #55B540 #408FB5

square

#A040B5 #B56640 #55B540 #408FB5

split-complementary

#A040B5 #8FB540 #40B566

monochromatic

#50205B #783088 #A040B5 #B868CA #CE96DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A040B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A040B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040B5

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040B5	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E64B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.192 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ccc',
    500: '#a040b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040b5;
$custom-light: #bf7ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.231,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54941,
    "c": 0.19195,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.14477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040B5

secondary

#96C58B

accent

#D75069

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040B5

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

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