#A040C9#A040C9

#A040C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.211 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040C9
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 60.40, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 80.95, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1462 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.211 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8714, 15.3583, 56.7960)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040C9 #69C940

analogous

#5C40C9 #A040C9 #C940AD

triadic

#A040C9 #C9A040 #40C9A0

tetradic

#A040C9 #C95C40 #69C940 #40ADC9

square

#A040C9 #C95C40 #69C940 #40ADC9

split-complementary

#A040C9 #ADC940 #40C95C

monochromatic

#571F6F #7D2D9F #A040C9 #B870D6 #CF9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#A040C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A040C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040C9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040C9	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3870C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.211 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cda',
    500: '#a040c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040c9;
$custom-light: #c07cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.044,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.562,
    "c": 0.21077,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040C9

secondary

#A6D094

accent

#DF4976

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040C9

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

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