#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
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 233)
HSL	hsl(275, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 67.55, -68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 96.01, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1446 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.242 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4385, 17.2317, 78.7448)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##A240E9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A240E9

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

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