#A040C8#A040C8

#A040C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.210 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040C8
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 60.19, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 80.48, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1463 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.21 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7542, 15.3114, 56.1784)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040C8 #68C840

analogous

#5C40C8 #A040C8 #C840AC

triadic

#A040C8 #C8A040 #40C8A0

tetradic

#A040C8 #C85C40 #68C840 #40ACC8

square

#A040C8 #C85C40 #68C840 #40ACC8

split-complementary

#A040C8 #ACC840 #40C85C

monochromatic

#57206E #7C2D9D #A040C8 #B870D6 #CF9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A040C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A040C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040C8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040C8	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.210 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cd9',
    500: '#a040c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040c8;
$custom-light: #c07cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56134,
    "c": 0.20982,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040C8

secondary

#A6D094

accent

#DF4975

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040C8

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

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