#A040C5#A040C5

#A040C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.207 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040C5
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 59.58, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 79.07, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1465 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.207 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4070, 15.1725, 54.3501)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040C5 #65C540

analogous

#5D40C5 #A040C5 #C540A7

triadic

#A040C5 #C5A040 #40C5A0

tetradic

#A040C5 #C55D40 #65C540 #40A7C5

square

#A040C5 #C55D40 #65C540 #40A7C5

split-complementary

#A040C5 #A7C540 #40C55D

monochromatic

#56206A #7C2F99 #A040C5 #B76FD3 #CF9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A040C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A040C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040C5

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040C5	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.207 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cd7',
    500: '#a040c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040c5;
$custom-light: #c07cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.308,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55939,
    "c": 0.20697,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040C5

secondary

#A3CE93

accent

#DD4B74

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040C5

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

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