#A440DB#A440DB

#A440DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.229 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A440DB
RGB	rgb(164, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 64.95, -61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 89.39, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1494 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.229 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9270, 16.6745, 68.6461)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A440DB #77DB40

analogous

#5740DB #A440DB #DB40C4

triadic

#A440DB #DBA440 #40DBA4

tetradic

#A440DB #DB5740 #77DB40 #40C4DB

square

#A440DB #DB5740 #77DB40 #40C4DB

split-complementary

#A440DB #C4DB40 #40DB57

monochromatic

#601987 #8523BB #A440DB #BD73E5 #D5A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#A440DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A440DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A440DB

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A440DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A440DB	1.00	4.84	4.33	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2673D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a440db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.229 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47de7',
    500: '#a440db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a440db;
$custom-light: #c47de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a440db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.22913,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A440DB

secondary

#B2DC9B

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A440DB

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

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