#A040DF#A040DF

#A040DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.232 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040DF
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 223)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 65.03, -64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 91.34, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1437 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.232 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6471, 16.4686, 71.4147)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040DF #7FDF40

analogous

#5140DF #A040DF #DF40CF

triadic

#A040DF #DFA040 #40DFA0

tetradic

#A040DF #DF5140 #7FDF40 #40CFDF

square

#A040DF #DF5140 #7FDF40 #40CFDF

split-complementary

#A040DF #CFDF40 #40DF51

monochromatic

#5E188D #8220C1 #A040DF #BA74E8 #D4A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A040DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A040DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040DF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040DF	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1072DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.232 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17dea',
    500: '#a040df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040df;
$custom-light: #c17dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.226,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57706,
    "c": 0.23179,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040DF

secondary

#B7DE9D

accent

#EE3A81

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040DF

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

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