#A240E9#A240E9

#A240E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.242 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A240E9
RGBrgb(162, 64, 233)
HSLhsl(275, 79%, 58%)
HSVhsv(275, 73%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(30.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(48.55, 67.55, -68.23)
CIE-LCHlch(48.55, 96.01, 314.72°)
OKLaboklab(58.67% 0.1446 -0.1938)
OKLCHoklch(58.67% 0.242 306.7)
XYZxyz(31.4385, 17.2317, 78.7448)
Luminance0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A240E9 #87E940
analogous
#4D40E9 #A240E9 #E940DB
triadic
#A240E9 #E9A240 #40E9A2
tetradic
#A240E9 #E94D40 #87E940 #40DBE9
square
#A240E9 #E94D40 #87E940 #40DBE9
split-complementary
#A240E9 #DBE940 #40E94D
monochromatic
#62129D #8518D3 #A240E9 #BD77EF #D7AEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72
#A240E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45
#A240E9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A240E9
4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A240E9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A240E91.004.724.454.72
#FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00
#0000004.4521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0070EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0074E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#966891
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a240e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.242 306.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37ef1',
    500: '#a240e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a240e9;
$custom-light: #c37ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a240e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.793,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58669,
    "c": 0.24185,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A240E9
secondary
#BDE4A1
accent
#F63284
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F8EFFD
border
#D1CAD5
text
#130A17
muted
#827C85

Preview Lab

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#A240E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva