#A040C3#A040C3

#A040C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.205 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040C3
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 59.17, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 78.13, 319.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1466 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.205 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1794, 15.0815, 53.1512)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040C3 #63C340

analogous

#5E40C3 #A040C3 #C340A5

triadic

#A040C3 #C3A040 #40C3A0

tetradic

#A040C3 #C35E40 #63C340 #40A5C3

square

#A040C3 #C35E40 #63C340 #40A5C3

split-complementary

#A040C3 #A5C340 #40C35E

monochromatic

#552168 #7B2F97 #A040C3 #B76FD2 #CE9DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A040C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A040C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040C3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040C3	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.205 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cd6',
    500: '#a040c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040c3;
$custom-light: #c07cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.969,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55811,
    "c": 0.20507,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040C3

secondary

#A2CC92

accent

#DC4C73

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040C3

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

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