#A240B9#A240B9

#A240B9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.197 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240B9
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(289, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.43, 57.65, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.43, 73.55, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1494 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.197 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4895, 14.8521, 47.4136)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240B9 #57B940

analogous

#6640B9 #A240B9 #B94094

triadic

#A240B9 #B9A240 #40B9A2

tetradic

#A240B9 #B96640 #57B940 #4094B9

square

#A240B9 #B96640 #57B940 #4094B9

split-complementary

#A240B9 #94B940 #40B966

monochromatic

#52215E #7A308C #A240B9 #B96BCC #CF98DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A240B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A240B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240B9

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240B9	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1965BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.197 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cce',
    500: '#a240b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240b9;
$custom-light: #c17cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.595,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5545,
    "c": 0.19655,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240B9

secondary

#99C78E

accent

#D8506A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240B9

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

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