#A240E2#A240E2

#A240E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.235 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A240E2
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 66.05, -65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 92.71, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1458 -0.1846)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.235 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4583, 16.8396, 73.5826)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A240E2 #80E240

analogous

#5140E2 #A240E2 #E240D1

triadic

#A240E2 #E2A240 #40E2A2

tetradic

#A240E2 #E25140 #80E240 #40D1E2

square

#A240E2 #E25140 #80E240 #40D1E2

split-complementary

#A240E2 #D1E240 #40E251

monochromatic

#611692 #841EC7 #A240E2 #BC75EA #D6AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#A240E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#A240E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240E2

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A240E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A240E2	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B73DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a240e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.235 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37dec',
    500: '#a240e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a240e2;
$custom-light: #c37dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a240e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.296,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58164,
    "c": 0.23519,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A240E2

secondary

#B8E09E

accent

#F03881

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A240E2

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

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