#A040D7#A040D7

#A040D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.224 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D7
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 63.32, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 87.55, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1448 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.224 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5940, 16.0473, 65.8679)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D7 #77D740

analogous

#5540D7 #A040D7 #D740C2

triadic

#A040D7 #D7A040 #40D7A0

tetradic

#A040D7 #D75540 #77D740 #40C2D7

square

#A040D7 #D75540 #77D740 #40C2D7

split-complementary

#A040D7 #C2D740 #40D755

monochromatic

#5C1B81 #8026B4 #A040D7 #B973E2 #D2A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A040D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A040D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D7

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D7	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2571D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.224 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17de4',
    500: '#a040d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d7;
$custom-light: #c17de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.146,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57145,
    "c": 0.22413,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D7

secondary

#B1D99A

accent

#E83F7D

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D7

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

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