#A240CB#A240CB

#A240CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.213 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240CB
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 61.24, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 81.90, 318.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1485 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.213 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5114, 15.6609, 58.0620)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240CB #69CB40

analogous

#5C40CB #A240CB #CB40AF

triadic

#A240CB #CBA240 #40CBA2

tetradic

#A240CB #CB5C40 #69CB40 #40AFCB

square

#A240CB #CB5C40 #69CB40 #40AFCB

split-complementary

#A240CB #AFCB40 #40CB5C

monochromatic

#591F72 #7F2CA2 #A240CB #B970D8 #D1A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A240CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A240CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240CB

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240CB	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3971C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.213 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cdb',
    500: '#a240cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240cb;
$custom-light: #c17cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.302,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56588,
    "c": 0.21338,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240CB

secondary

#A7D295

accent

#E04775

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240CB

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

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