#A840BD#A840BD

#A840BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.203 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840BD
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 59.81, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 75.58, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1565 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.203 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1661, 15.6671, 49.7274)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840BD #55BD40

analogous

#6A40BD #A840BD #BD4094

triadic

#A840BD #BDA840 #40BDA8

tetradic

#A840BD #BD6A40 #55BD40 #4094BD

square

#A840BD #BD6A40 #55BD40 #4094BD

split-complementary

#A840BD #94BD40 #40BD6A

monochromatic

#572162 #7F318F #A840BD #BD6DCD #D29ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A840BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A840BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840BD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840BD	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1867C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C72BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.203 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57dd1',
    500: '#a840bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840bd;
$custom-light: #c57dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56498,
    "c": 0.20286,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840BD

secondary

#99C990

accent

#D94F66

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840BD

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

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