#A040D1#A040D1

#A040D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.218 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D1
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 62.06, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 84.72, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1455 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.218 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8371, 15.7445, 61.8818)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D1 #71D140

analogous

#5740D1 #A040D1 #D140B9

triadic

#A040D1 #D1A040 #40D1A0

tetradic

#A040D1 #D15740 #71D140 #40B9D1

square

#A040D1 #D15740 #71D140 #40B9D1

split-complementary

#A040D1 #B9D140 #40D157

monochromatic

#5A1D79 #7F29AB #A040D1 #B971DD #D1A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A040D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A040D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D1	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F70CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.218 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ce0',
    500: '#a040d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d1;
$custom-light: #c07ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.724,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56734,
    "c": 0.21839,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D1

secondary

#ACD597

accent

#E4447A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D1

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

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