#A040FF#A040FF

#A040FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.262 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A040FF
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 72.06, -78.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 106.43, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1374 -0.2236)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.262 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3762, 18.3602, 96.3212)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A040FF #9FFF40

analogous

#4040FF #A040FF #FF40FF

triadic

#A040FF #FFA040 #40FFA0

tetradic

#A040FF #FF4040 #9FFF40 #40FFFF

square

#A040FF #FF4040 #9FFF40 #40FFFF

split-complementary

#A040FF #FFFF40 #40FF40

monochromatic

#6300C5 #8203FF #A040FF #BE7DFF #DDBAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A040FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A040FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A040FF

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A040FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A040FF	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B729E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a040ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.262 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37eff',
    500: '#a040ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a040ff;
$custom-light: #c37eff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a040ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.157,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60096,
    "c": 0.26245,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A040FF

secondary

#CDF0AB

accent

#E60072

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9EFFF

border

#D2CAD7

text

#140B18

muted

#827C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A040FF

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

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