#A240D0#A240D0

#A240D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.218 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240D0
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 62.26, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 84.24, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1481 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.218 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1168, 15.9031, 61.2507)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240D0 #6ED040

analogous

#5A40D0 #A240D0 #D040B6

triadic

#A240D0 #D0A240 #40D0A2

tetradic

#A240D0 #D05A40 #6ED040 #40B6D0

square

#A240D0 #D05A40 #6ED040 #40B6D0

split-complementary

#A240D0 #B6D040 #40D05A

monochromatic

#5B1E78 #802AA9 #A240D0 #BA71DC #D2A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A240D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A240D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240D0

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240D0	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3371CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.218 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ddf',
    500: '#a240d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240d0;
$custom-light: #c27ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5692,
    "c": 0.2181,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240D0

secondary

#ABD597

accent

#E44477

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240D0

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

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