#A040D3#A040D3

#A040D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.220 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D3
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 62.48, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 85.66, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1453 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.22 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0863, 15.8442, 63.1941)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D3 #73D340

analogous

#5740D3 #A040D3 #D340BC

triadic

#A040D3 #D3A040 #40D3A0

tetradic

#A040D3 #D35740 #73D340 #40BCD3

square

#A040D3 #D35740 #73D340 #40BCD3

split-complementary

#A040D3 #BCD340 #40D357

monochromatic

#5B1D7C #7F28AE #A040D3 #B972DE #D1A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A040D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A040D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D3	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C71D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.220 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07de1',
    500: '#a040d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d3;
$custom-light: #c07de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5687,
    "c": 0.2203,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D3

secondary

#AED798

accent

#E6427B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D3

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

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