#A040E2#A040E2

#A040E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.235 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040E2
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 65.67, -65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 92.76, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1432 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.235 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0552, 16.6318, 73.5637)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040E2 #82E240

analogous

#4F40E2 #A040E2 #E240D3

triadic

#A040E2 #E2A040 #40E2A0

tetradic

#A040E2 #E24F40 #82E240 #40D3E2

square

#A040E2 #E24F40 #82E240 #40D3E2

split-complementary

#A040E2 #D3E240 #40E24F

monochromatic

#5F1692 #821EC7 #A040E2 #BA75EA #D5AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A040E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A040E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040E2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040E2	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.235 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17dec',
    500: '#a040e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040e2;
$custom-light: #c17dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57921,
    "c": 0.23466,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040E2

secondary

#B9E09E

accent

#F03883

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040E2

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

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