#A040BA#A040BA

#A040BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.197 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040BA
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(287, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 57.38, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 73.94, 320.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.147 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.197 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1923, 14.6866, 47.9527)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040BA #5ABA40

analogous

#6340BA #A040BA #BA4097

triadic

#A040BA #BAA040 #40BAA0

tetradic

#A040BA #BA6340 #5ABA40 #4097BA

square

#A040BA #BA6340 #5ABA40 #4097BA

split-complementary

#A040BA #97BA40 #40BA63

monochromatic

#52215F #79308C #A040BA #B76BCC #CD99DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A040BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A040BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040BA

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040BA	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1465BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.197 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ccf',
    500: '#a040ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040ba;
$custom-light: #bf7ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.213,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55245,
    "c": 0.1966,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040BA

secondary

#9AC88E

accent

#D84F6D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040BA

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

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