#A040D2#A040D2

#A040D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.219 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D2
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 62.27, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 85.19, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1454 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.219 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9613, 15.7942, 62.5359)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D2 #72D240

analogous

#5740D2 #A040D2 #D240BB

triadic

#A040D2 #D2A040 #40D2A0

tetradic

#A040D2 #D25740 #72D240 #40BBD2

square

#A040D2 #D25740 #72D240 #40BBD2

split-complementary

#A040D2 #BBD240 #40D257

monochromatic

#5B1D7B #7F29AC #A040D2 #B972DE #D1A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A040D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A040D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D2	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D70CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.219 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07de1',
    500: '#a040d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d2;
$custom-light: #c07de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56801,
    "c": 0.21935,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D2

secondary

#ADD698

accent

#E5437A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D2

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

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