#A240C8#A240C8

#A240C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.211 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240C8
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 60.63, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 80.49, 318.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1488 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.211 315)
XYZ	xyz(27.1573, 15.5192, 56.1973)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240C8 #66C840

analogous

#5E40C8 #A240C8 #C840AA

triadic

#A240C8 #C8A240 #40C8A2

tetradic

#A240C8 #C85E40 #66C840 #40AAC8

square

#A240C8 #C85E40 #66C840 #40AAC8

split-complementary

#A240C8 #AAC840 #40C85E

monochromatic

#58206E #7E2D9D #A240C8 #B970D6 #D09FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A240C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A240C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240C8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240C8	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.211 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cd9',
    500: '#a240c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240c8;
$custom-light: #c17cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56392,
    "c": 0.21055,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.15518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240C8

secondary

#A5D094

accent

#DF4973

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240C8

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

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