#A040B8#A040B8

#A040B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.195 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040B8
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(288, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 65.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 56.98, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 73.02, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.147 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.195 319)
XYZ	xyz(24.9812, 14.6022, 46.8407)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040B8 #58B840

analogous

#6440B8 #A040B8 #B84094

triadic

#A040B8 #B8A040 #40B8A0

tetradic

#A040B8 #B86440 #58B840 #4094B8

square

#A040B8 #B86440 #58B840 #4094B8

split-complementary

#A040B8 #94B840 #40B864

monochromatic

#51205D #79308B #A040B8 #B86ACB #CD97DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A040B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A040B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040B8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040B8	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1864BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.195 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7cce',
    500: '#a040b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040b8;
$custom-light: #bf7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55123,
    "c": 0.19474,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.14601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040B8

secondary

#99C78D

accent

#D8506B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040B8

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

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