#A040BE#A040BE

#A040BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.200 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040BE
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 58.17, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 75.80, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1469 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.2 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6235, 14.8591, 50.2236)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040BE #5EBE40

analogous

#6140BE #A040BE #BE409D

triadic

#A040BE #BEA040 #40BEA0

tetradic

#A040BE #BE6140 #5EBE40 #409DBE

square

#A040BE #BE6140 #5EBE40 #409DBE

split-complementary

#A040BE #9DBE40 #40BE61

monochromatic

#532162 #793190 #A040BE #B76DCE #CE9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A040BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A040BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040BE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040BE	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0766C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.200 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cd2',
    500: '#a040be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040be;
$custom-light: #c07cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55494,
    "c": 0.20036,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040BE

secondary

#9EC990

accent

#D94F70

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040BE

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

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