#A240D2#A240D2

#A240D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.220 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240D2
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 62.68, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 85.18, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1479 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.22 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3644, 16.0021, 62.5548)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240D2 #70D240

analogous

#5940D2 #A240D2 #D240B9

triadic

#A240D2 #D2A240 #40D2A2

tetradic

#A240D2 #D25940 #70D240 #40B9D2

square

#A240D2 #D25940 #70D240 #40B9D2

split-complementary

#A240D2 #B9D240 #40D259

monochromatic

#5C1D7B #8129AC #A240D2 #BA72DE #D2A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A240D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A240D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240D2

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240D2	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3071CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.220 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27de1',
    500: '#a240d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240d2;
$custom-light: #c27de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.274,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57054,
    "c": 0.22,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240D2

secondary

#ACD698

accent

#E54378

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240D2

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

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