#A640E0#A640E0

#A640E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.234 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A640E0
RGB	rgb(166, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 66.39, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 91.70, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.1512 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.234 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0112, 17.1563, 72.1844)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A640E0 #7AE040

analogous

#5640E0 #A640E0 #E040CA

triadic

#A640E0 #E0A640 #40E0A6

tetradic

#A640E0 #E05640 #7AE040 #40CAE0

square

#A640E0 #E05640 #7AE040 #40CAE0

split-complementary

#A640E0 #CAE040 #40E056

monochromatic

#63178E #8820C3 #A640E0 #BF75E9 #D7A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A640E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A640E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A640E0

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A640E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A640E0	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2075DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a640e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.234 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57eeb',
    500: '#a640e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a640e0;
$custom-light: #c57eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a640e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58516,
    "c": 0.23442,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A640E0

secondary

#B5DF9D

accent

#EF397B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A640E0

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

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