#A440E0#A440E0

#A440E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.234 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A440E0
RGB	rgb(164, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 66.00, -63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 91.73, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1487 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.234 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5951, 16.9417, 72.1649)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A440E0 #7CE040

analogous

#5440E0 #A440E0 #E040CC

triadic

#A440E0 #E0A440 #40E0A4

tetradic

#A440E0 #E05440 #7CE040 #40CCE0

square

#A440E0 #E05440 #7CE040 #40CCE0

split-complementary

#A440E0 #CCE040 #40E054

monochromatic

#62178E #8620C3 #A440E0 #BD75E9 #D6A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A440E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A440E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A440E0

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A440E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A440E0	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A74DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a440e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.234 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47deb',
    500: '#a440e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a440e0;
$custom-light: #c47deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a440e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58268,
    "c": 0.23384,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A440E0

secondary

#B6DF9D

accent

#EF397D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A440E0

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

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