#A440CD#A440CD

#A440CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.216 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A440CD
RGB	rgb(164, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 62.07, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 82.84, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1509 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.216 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1608, 15.9680, 59.3445)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A440CD #69CD40

analogous

#5D40CD #A440CD #CD40B0

triadic

#A440CD #CDA440 #40CDA4

tetradic

#A440CD #CD5D40 #69CD40 #40B0CD

square

#A440CD #CD5D40 #69CD40 #40B0CD

split-complementary

#A440CD #B0CD40 #40CD5D

monochromatic

#5B1E74 #812BA5 #A440CD #BB71DA #D2A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A440CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A440CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A440CD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A440CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A440CD	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3972CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a440cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.216 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37ddd',
    500: '#a440cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a440cd;
$custom-light: #c37ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a440cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.553,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56977,
    "c": 0.21597,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A440CD

secondary

#A8D396

accent

#E24673

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A440CD

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

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