#A040CC#A040CC

#A040CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.214 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040CC
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 61.02, -55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 82.36, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.146 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.214 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2278, 15.5008, 58.6727)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040CC #6CCC40

analogous

#5A40CC #A040CC #CC40B2

triadic

#A040CC #CCA040 #40CCA0

tetradic

#A040CC #CC5A40 #6CCC40 #40B2CC

square

#A040CC #CC5A40 #6CCC40 #40B2CC

split-complementary

#A040CC #B2CC40 #40CC5A

monochromatic

#581F73 #7E2CA3 #A040CC #B870D9 #D0A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A040CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A040CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040CC

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040CC	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3570C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.214 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cdc',
    500: '#a040cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040cc;
$custom-light: #c07cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56398,
    "c": 0.21362,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040CC

secondary

#A9D295

accent

#E14777

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040CC

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

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