#A240D9#A240D9

#A240D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.227 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240D9
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 64.14, -60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 88.47, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1471 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.227 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2557, 16.3586, 67.2486)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240D9 #77D940

analogous

#5540D9 #A240D9 #D940C4

triadic

#A240D9 #D9A240 #40D9A2

tetradic

#A240D9 #D95540 #77D940 #40C4D9

square

#A240D9 #D95540 #77D940 #40C4D9

split-complementary

#A240D9 #C4D940 #40D955

monochromatic

#5E1A84 #8324B7 #A240D9 #BB73E3 #D4A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#A240D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A240D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240D9

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240D9	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2572D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.227 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27de6',
    500: '#a240d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240d9;
$custom-light: #c27de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.431,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57532,
    "c": 0.22663,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240D9

secondary

#B1DA9A

accent

#EA3E7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240D9

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

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