#A240E1#A240E1

#A240E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.234 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240E1
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 65.83, -64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 92.24, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1459 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.234 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3215, 16.7849, 72.8620)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240E1 #7FE140

analogous

#5240E1 #A240E1 #E140CF

triadic

#A240E1 #E1A240 #40E1A2

tetradic

#A240E1 #E15240 #7FE140 #40CFE1

square

#A240E1 #E15240 #7FE140 #40CFE1

split-complementary

#A240E1 #CFE140 #40E152

monochromatic

#601790 #841FC5 #A240E1 #BC75E9 #D6AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A240E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A240E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240E1

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240E1	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1073DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.234 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37deb',
    500: '#a240e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240e1;
$custom-light: #c37deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.23424,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240E1

secondary

#B7DF9D

accent

#F03880

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240E1

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

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