#A240C2#A240C2

#A240C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.205 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240C2
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(285, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 59.42, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 77.70, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.1491 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.205 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4698, 15.2443, 52.5766)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240C2 #60C240

analogous

#6140C2 #A240C2 #C240A1

triadic

#A240C2 #C2A240 #40C2A2

tetradic

#A240C2 #C26140 #60C240 #40A1C2

square

#A240C2 #C26140 #60C240 #40A1C2

split-complementary

#A240C2 #A1C240 #40C261

monochromatic

#562167 #7C3095 #A240C2 #B96ED1 #CF9DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A240C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A240C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240C2

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240C2	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4270BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.205 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cd5',
    500: '#a240c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240c2;
$custom-light: #c17cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.231,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56008,
    "c": 0.20492,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240C2

secondary

#A0CC92

accent

#DB4D70

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240C2

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

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