#A140E2#A140E2

#A140E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.235 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A140E2
RGB	rgb(161, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 65.86, -65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 92.74, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1445 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.235 308)
XYZ	xyz(30.2559, 16.7353, 73.5731)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A140E2 #81E240

analogous

#5040E2 #A140E2 #E240D2

triadic

#A140E2 #E2A140 #40E2A1

tetradic

#A140E2 #E25040 #81E240 #40D2E2

square

#A140E2 #E25040 #81E240 #40D2E2

split-complementary

#A140E2 #D2E240 #40E250

monochromatic

#601692 #831EC7 #A140E2 #BB75EA #D5AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A140E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A140E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A140E2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A140E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A140E2	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0573DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a140e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.235 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27dec',
    500: '#a140e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a140e2;
$custom-light: #c27dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a140e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.926,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58042,
    "c": 0.23493,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.16735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A140E2

secondary

#B8E09E

accent

#F03882

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A140E2

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

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