#A040E8#A040E8

#A040E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.240 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040E8
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 72.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 66.97, -68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 95.60, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1422 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.24 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8929, 16.9669, 77.9757)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040E8 #88E840

analogous

#4C40E8 #A040E8 #E840DC

triadic

#A040E8 #E8A040 #40E8A0

tetradic

#A040E8 #E84C40 #88E840 #40DCE8

square

#A040E8 #E84C40 #88E840 #40DCE8

split-complementary

#A040E8 #DCE840 #40E84C

monochromatic

#61139B #8319D2 #A040E8 #BB77EF #D6ADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A040E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A040E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A040E8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A040E8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.240 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27df0',
    500: '#a040e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040e8;
$custom-light: #c27df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58356,
    "c": 0.24042,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040E8

secondary

#BDE3A0

accent

#F53386

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040E8

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

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