#A040D4#A040D4

#A040D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.221 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D4
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 62.69, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 86.13, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1451 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.221 311)
XYZ	xyz(28.2120, 15.8945, 63.8564)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D4 #74D440

analogous

#5640D4 #A040D4 #D440BE

triadic

#A040D4 #D4A040 #40D4A0

tetradic

#A040D4 #D45640 #74D440 #40BED4

square

#A040D4 #D45640 #74D440 #40BED4

split-complementary

#A040D4 #BED440 #40D456

monochromatic

#5B1C7D #8027AF #A040D4 #B972DF #D2A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A040D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A040D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D4

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D4	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A71D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.221 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17de2',
    500: '#a040d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d4;
$custom-light: #c17de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56938,
    "c": 0.22126,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.15894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D4

secondary

#AFD798

accent

#E6427B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D4

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

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