#A840C0#A840C0

#A840C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.206 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840C0
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 192)
HSL	hsl(289, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 60.38, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 76.93, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1565 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.206 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4951, 15.7987, 51.4601)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840C0 #58C040

analogous

#6840C0 #A840C0 #C04098

triadic

#A840C0 #C0A840 #40C0A8

tetradic

#A840C0 #C06840 #58C040 #4098C0

square

#A840C0 #C06840 #58C040 #4098C0

split-complementary

#A840C0 #98C040 #40C068

monochromatic

#582164 #803092 #A840C0 #BD6ECF #D29CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A840C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A840C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840C0

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840C0	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1168C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A72BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.206 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57dd4',
    500: '#a840c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840c0;
$custom-light: #c57dd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5668,
    "c": 0.20556,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840C0

secondary

#9CCB91

accent

#DA4E68

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840C0

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

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