#A440D8#A440D8

#A440D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.226 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A440D8
RGB	rgb(164, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 64.33, -60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 87.98, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1497 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.226 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5356, 16.5179, 66.5848)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A440D8 #74D840

analogous

#5840D8 #A440D8 #D840C0

triadic

#A440D8 #D8A440 #40D8A4

tetradic

#A440D8 #D85840 #74D840 #40C0D8

square

#A440D8 #D85840 #74D840 #40C0D8

split-complementary

#A440D8 #C0D840 #40D858

monochromatic

#5F1B83 #8425B6 #A440D8 #BC73E2 #D4A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#A440D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#A440D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A440D8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A440D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A440D8	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B73D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a440d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.226 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37de5',
    500: '#a440d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a440d8;
$custom-light: #c37de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a440d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57714,
    "c": 0.2263,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A440D8

secondary

#B0DA9A

accent

#E93F79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A440D8

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

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