#A440E2#A440E2

#A440E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.236 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A440E2
RGB	rgb(164, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 66.43, -64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 92.67, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1484 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.236 309)
XYZ	xyz(30.8679, 17.0509, 73.6018)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A440E2 #7EE240

analogous

#5340E2 #A440E2 #E240CF

triadic

#A440E2 #E2A440 #40E2A4

tetradic

#A440E2 #E25340 #7EE240 #40CFE2

square

#A440E2 #E25340 #7EE240 #40CFE2

split-complementary

#A440E2 #CFE240 #40E253

monochromatic

#621692 #861EC7 #A440E2 #BD75EA #D7AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#A440E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#A440E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A440E2

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A440E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A440E2	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1474DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a440e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.236 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47dec',
    500: '#a440e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a440e2;
$custom-light: #c47dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a440e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.037,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58409,
    "c": 0.23574,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.1705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A440E2

secondary

#B7E09E

accent

#F0387E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A440E2

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

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