#A240DB#A240DB

#A240DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.229 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240DB
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 64.56, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 89.42, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1468 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.229 310)
XYZ	xyz(29.5174, 16.4633, 68.6269)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240DB #79DB40

analogous

#5440DB #A240DB #DB40C7

triadic

#A240DB #DBA240 #40DBA2

tetradic

#A240DB #DB5440 #79DB40 #40C7DB

square

#A240DB #DB5440 #79DB40 #40C7DB

split-complementary

#A240DB #C7DB40 #40DB54

monochromatic

#5F1987 #8323BB #A240DB #BB73E5 #D4A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A240DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A240DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240DB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240DB	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2172D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.229 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27de7',
    500: '#a240db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240db;
$custom-light: #c27de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.935,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57671,
    "c": 0.22853,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.16463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240DB

secondary

#B3DC9B

accent

#EB3D7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240DB

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

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