#A040BD#A040BD

#A040BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.199 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040BD
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.38, 57.97, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.38, 75.33, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1469 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.199 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5146, 14.8155, 49.6499)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040BD #5DBD40

analogous

#6240BD #A040BD #BD409C

triadic

#A040BD #BDA040 #40BDA0

tetradic

#A040BD #BD6240 #5DBD40 #409CBD

square

#A040BD #BD6240 #5DBD40 #409CBD

split-complementary

#A040BD #9CBD40 #40BD62

monochromatic

#532162 #79318F #A040BD #B76DCD #CE9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#A040BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A040BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040BD

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040BD	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B65C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.199 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7cd1',
    500: '#a040bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040bd;
$custom-light: #bf7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.08,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55431,
    "c": 0.19942,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040BD

secondary

#9DC990

accent

#D94F6F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040BD

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

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