#A040C4#A040C4

#A040C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.206 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040C4
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(284, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 59.38, -51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 78.60, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1466 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.206 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2928, 15.1268, 53.7486)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040C4 #64C440

analogous

#5E40C4 #A040C4 #C440A6

triadic

#A040C4 #C4A040 #40C4A0

tetradic

#A040C4 #C45E40 #64C440 #40A6C4

square

#A040C4 #C45E40 #64C440 #40A6C4

split-complementary

#A040C4 #A6C440 #40C45E

monochromatic

#552069 #7B2F98 #A040C4 #B76FD2 #CF9EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A040C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A040C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040C4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040C4	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.206 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cd6',
    500: '#a040c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040c4;
$custom-light: #c07cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55875,
    "c": 0.20602,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040C4

secondary

#A3CD93

accent

#DC4C73

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040C4

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

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