#A040D5#A040D5

#A040D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.222 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D5
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 62.90, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 86.61, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.145 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.222 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3385, 15.9451, 64.5228)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D5 #75D540

analogous

#5640D5 #A040D5 #D540BF

triadic

#A040D5 #D5A040 #40D5A0

tetradic

#A040D5 #D55640 #75D540 #40BFD5

square

#A040D5 #D55640 #75D540 #40BFD5

split-complementary

#A040D5 #BFD540 #40D556

monochromatic

#5C1C7F #8027B1 #A040D5 #B972E0 #D2A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A040D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A040D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D5	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2871D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.222 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17de3',
    500: '#a040d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d5;
$custom-light: #c17de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.658,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57007,
    "c": 0.22222,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D5

secondary

#AFD899

accent

#E7417C

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D5

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

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