#A140C9#A140C9

#A140C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.211 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A140C9
RGB	rgb(161, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.26, 60.61, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.26, 80.95, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1475 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.211 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0722, 15.4618, 56.8054)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A140C9 #68C940

analogous

#5D40C9 #A140C9 #C940AC

triadic

#A140C9 #C9A140 #40C9A1

tetradic

#A140C9 #C95D40 #68C940 #40ACC9

square

#A140C9 #C95D40 #68C940 #40ACC9

split-complementary

#A140C9 #ACC940 #40C95D

monochromatic

#581F6F #7E2D9F #A140C9 #B870D6 #D09FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A140C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#A140C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A140C9

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A140C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A140C9	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A70C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a140c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.211 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cda',
    500: '#a140c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a140c9;
$custom-light: #c17cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a140c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.482,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56328,
    "c": 0.21113,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A140C9

secondary

#A6D094

accent

#DF4975

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A140C9

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

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