#A240BD#A240BD

#A240BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.200 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240BD
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(287, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 58.43, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 75.39, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1493 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.2 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9177, 15.0234, 49.6688)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A240BD #5BBD40

analogous

#6440BD #A240BD #BD409A

triadic

#A240BD #BDA240 #40BDA2

tetradic

#A240BD #BD6440 #5BBD40 #409ABD

square

#A240BD #BD6440 #5BBD40 #409ABD

split-complementary

#A240BD #9ABD40 #40BD64

monochromatic

#542162 #7B318F #A240BD #B96DCD #CF9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#A240BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A240BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240BD

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240BD	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F66C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.200 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cd1',
    500: '#a240bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240bd;
$custom-light: #c17cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55695,
    "c": 0.20025,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240BD

secondary

#9CC990

accent

#D94F6D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240BD

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

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