#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
RGBrgb(164, 64, 224)
HSLhsl(278, 72%, 56%)
HSVhsv(278, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(26.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(48.19, 66.00, -63.71)
CIE-LCHlch(48.19, 91.73, 316.01°)
OKLaboklab(58.27% 0.1487 -0.1805)
OKLCHoklch(58.27% 0.234 309.5)
XYZxyz(30.5951, 16.9417, 72.1649)
Luminance0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##A440E01.004.794.394.79
#FFFFFF4.791.0021.001.00
#0000004.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.791.0021.001.00

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

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#A440E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva