#A640E1#A640E1

#A640E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.235 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A640E1
RGB	rgb(166, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 66.60, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 92.17, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1511 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.235 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1472, 17.2107, 72.9008)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A640E1 #7BE140

analogous

#5540E1 #A640E1 #E140CC

triadic

#A640E1 #E1A640 #40E1A6

tetradic

#A640E1 #E15540 #7BE140 #40CCE1

square

#A640E1 #E15540 #7BE140 #40CCE1

split-complementary

#A640E1 #CCE140 #40E155

monochromatic

#641790 #881FC5 #A640E1 #BF75E9 #D7AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A640E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A640E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A640E1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A640E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A640E1	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D75DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a640e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.235 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57eeb',
    500: '#a640e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a640e1;
$custom-light: #c57eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a640e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.012,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58586,
    "c": 0.23535,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A640E1

secondary

#B6DF9D

accent

#F0387B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A640E1

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

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