#A040CD#A040CD

#A040CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.215 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040CD
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 61.22, -55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 82.83, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1459 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.215 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3481, 15.5489, 59.3064)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040CD #6DCD40

analogous

#5940CD #A040CD #CD40B3

triadic

#A040CD #CDA040 #40CDA0

tetradic

#A040CD #CD5940 #6DCD40 #40B3CD

square

#A040CD #CD5940 #6DCD40 #40B3CD

split-complementary

#A040CD #B3CD40 #40CD59

monochromatic

#591E74 #7E2BA5 #A040CD #B871DA #D0A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A040CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A040CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040CD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040CD	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3470CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.215 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cdd',
    500: '#a040cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040cd;
$custom-light: #c07cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56465,
    "c": 0.21458,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040CD

secondary

#A9D396

accent

#E24678

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040CD

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

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