#A240CD#A240CD

#A240CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.215 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240CD
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 61.64, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 82.83, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1484 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.215 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7512, 15.7568, 59.3253)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240CD #6BCD40

analogous

#5B40CD #A240CD #CD40B1

triadic

#A240CD #CDA240 #40CDA2

tetradic

#A240CD #CD5B40 #6BCD40 #40B1CD

square

#A240CD #CD5B40 #6BCD40 #40B1CD

split-complementary

#A240CD #B1CD40 #40CD5B

monochromatic

#5A1E74 #802BA5 #A240CD #BA71DA #D1A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A240CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A240CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240CD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240CD	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3771CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.215 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ddd',
    500: '#a240cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240cd;
$custom-light: #c27ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.702,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5672,
    "c": 0.21527,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240CD

secondary

#A8D396

accent

#E24676

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240CD

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

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