#A040E3#A040E3

#A040E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.236 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040E3
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 65.89, -65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 93.23, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.143 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.236 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1928, 16.6868, 74.2885)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040E3 #83E340

analogous

#4E40E3 #A040E3 #E340D5

triadic

#A040E3 #E3A040 #40E3A0

tetradic

#A040E3 #E34E40 #83E340 #40D5E3

square

#A040E3 #E34E40 #83E340 #40D5E3

split-complementary

#A040E3 #D5E340 #40E34E

monochromatic

#5F1693 #821DC8 #A040E3 #BB75EB #D5ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#A040E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#A040E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040E3

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040E3	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.236 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ded',
    500: '#a040e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040e3;
$custom-light: #c17ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.337,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57993,
    "c": 0.23562,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040E3

secondary

#BAE19E

accent

#F13783

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040E3

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

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