#A040D9#A040D9

#A040D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.226 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040D9
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 63.74, -61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 88.50, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1445 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.226 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8525, 16.1507, 67.2297)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040D9 #79D940

analogous

#5340D9 #A040D9 #D940C5

triadic

#A040D9 #D9A040 #40D9A0

tetradic

#A040D9 #D95340 #79D940 #40C5D9

square

#A040D9 #D95340 #79D940 #40C5D9

split-complementary

#A040D9 #C5D940 #40D953

monochromatic

#5D1A84 #8124B7 #A040D9 #B973E3 #D3A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A040D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A040D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040D9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040D9	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2171D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.226 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17de6',
    500: '#a040d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040d9;
$custom-light: #c17de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57284,
    "c": 0.22605,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040D9

secondary

#B2DA9A

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040D9

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

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