#A140E9#A140E9

#A140E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.242 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A140E9
RGB	rgb(161, 64, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 72.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 67.37, -68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 96.04, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1433 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.242 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2361, 17.1274, 78.7354)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A140E9 #88E940

analogous

#4C40E9 #A140E9 #E940DC

triadic

#A140E9 #E9A140 #40E9A1

tetradic

#A140E9 #E94C40 #88E940 #40DCE9

square

#A140E9 #E94C40 #88E940 #40DCE9

split-complementary

#A140E9 #DCE940 #40E94C

monochromatic

#62129D #8418D3 #A140E9 #BC77EF #D7AEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A140E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A140E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A140E9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A140E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A140E9	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a140e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 64, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.242 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27df1',
    500: '#a140e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a140e9;
$custom-light: #c27df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a140e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.438,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58549,
    "c": 0.24161,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A140E9

secondary

#BDE4A1

accent

#F63285

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A140E9

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

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