#A040CB#A040CB

#A040CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.213 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040CB
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 60.81, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 81.89, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1461 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.213 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1082, 15.4530, 58.0431)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040CB #6BCB40

analogous

#5B40CB #A040CB #CB40B1

triadic

#A040CB #CBA040 #40CBA0

tetradic

#A040CB #CB5B40 #6BCB40 #40B1CB

square

#A040CB #CB5B40 #6BCB40 #40B1CB

split-complementary

#A040CB #B1CB40 #40CB5B

monochromatic

#581F72 #7D2CA2 #A040CB #B870D8 #D0A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A040CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#A040CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040CB

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040CB	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3670C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.213 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cdc',
    500: '#a040cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040cb;
$custom-light: #c07cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.439,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56332,
    "c": 0.21267,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040CB

secondary

#A8D295

accent

#E04777

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040CB

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

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