#A040B9#A040B9

#A040B9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.196 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040B9
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(288, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 57.18, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 73.48, 321.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.147 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.196 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0864, 14.6443, 47.3947)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040B9 #59B940

analogous

#6440B9 #A040B9 #B94096

triadic

#A040B9 #B9A040 #40B9A0

tetradic

#A040B9 #B96440 #59B940 #4096B9

square

#A040B9 #B96440 #59B940 #4096B9

split-complementary

#A040B9 #96B940 #40B964

monochromatic

#51215E #79308C #A040B9 #B86BCC #CD98DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A040B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A040B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040B9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040B9	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1664BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.196 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7cce',
    500: '#a040b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040b9;
$custom-light: #bf7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.603,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55184,
    "c": 0.19567,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040B9

secondary

#9AC78E

accent

#D8506C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040B9

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

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