#A040CA#A040CA

#A040CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.212 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040CA
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 60.60, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 81.42, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1461 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.212 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9894, 15.4055, 57.4175)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040CA #6ACA40

analogous

#5B40CA #A040CA #CA40AF

triadic

#A040CA #CAA040 #40CAA0

tetradic

#A040CA #CA5B40 #6ACA40 #40AFCA

square

#A040CA #CA5B40 #6ACA40 #40AFCA

split-complementary

#A040CA #AFCA40 #40CA5B

monochromatic

#581F70 #7D2CA0 #A040CA #B870D7 #D0A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#A040CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A040CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040CA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040CA	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3770C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.212 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cdb',
    500: '#a040ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040ca;
$custom-light: #c07cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56266,
    "c": 0.21172,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040CA

secondary

#A7D195

accent

#E04876

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040CA

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

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