#A240D4#A240D4

#A240D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.222 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240D4
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 63.09, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 86.12, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1477 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.222 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6152, 16.1024, 63.8753)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240D4 #72D440

analogous

#5840D4 #A240D4 #D440BC

triadic

#A240D4 #D4A240 #40D4A2

tetradic

#A240D4 #D45840 #72D440 #40BCD4

square

#A240D4 #D45840 #72D440 #40BCD4

split-complementary

#A240D4 #BCD440 #40D458

monochromatic

#5D1C7D #8127AF #A240D4 #BA72DF #D3A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A240D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A240D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240D4

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240D4	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D72D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.222 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27de2',
    500: '#a240d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240d4;
$custom-light: #c27de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57189,
    "c": 0.22189,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240D4

secondary

#AED798

accent

#E64279

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240D4

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

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