#A240CA#A240CA

#A240CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.212 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240CA
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(283, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 61.03, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 81.43, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1486 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.212 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3926, 15.6134, 57.4364)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240CA #68CA40

analogous

#5D40CA #A240CA #CA40AD

triadic

#A240CA #CAA240 #40CAA2

tetradic

#A240CA #CA5D40 #68CA40 #40ADCA

square

#A240CA #CA5D40 #68CA40 #40ADCA

split-complementary

#A240CA #ADCA40 #40CA5D

monochromatic

#591F70 #7F2CA0 #A240CA #B970D7 #D1A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A240CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A240CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240CA

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240CA	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A71C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.212 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cdb',
    500: '#a240ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240ca;
$custom-light: #c17cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.609,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56523,
    "c": 0.21243,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240CA

secondary

#A6D195

accent

#E04874

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240CA

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

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