#A040D0#A040D0

#A040D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.217 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D0
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 61.85, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 84.24, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1456 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.217 312)
XYZ	xyz(27.7137, 15.6952, 61.2318)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D0 #70D040

analogous

#5840D0 #A040D0 #D040B8

triadic

#A040D0 #D0A040 #40D0A0

tetradic

#A040D0 #D05840 #70D040 #40B8D0

square

#A040D0 #D05840 #70D040 #40B8D0

split-complementary

#A040D0 #B8D040 #40D058

monochromatic

#5A1E78 #7F2AA9 #A040D0 #B871DC #D1A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A040D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A040D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D0

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D0	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3070CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.217 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07cdf',
    500: '#a040d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d0;
$custom-light: #c07cdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56666,
    "c": 0.21744,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.15694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D0

secondary

#ACD597

accent

#E44479

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D0

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

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