#A840C2#A840C2

#A840C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.207 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840C2
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 60.77, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 77.84, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1564 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.207 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7182, 15.8879, 52.6351)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840C2 #5AC240

analogous

#6740C2 #A840C2 #C2409B

triadic

#A840C2 #C2A840 #40C2A8

tetradic

#A840C2 #C26740 #5AC240 #409BC2

square

#A840C2 #C26740 #5AC240 #409BC2

split-complementary

#A840C2 #9BC240 #40C267

monochromatic

#592167 #813095 #A840C2 #BD6ED1 #D29DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A840C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A840C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840C2

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840C2	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A68C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4872BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.207 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57dd5',
    500: '#a840c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840c2;
$custom-light: #c57dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56802,
    "c": 0.20738,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840C2

secondary

#9ECC92

accent

#DB4D69

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840C2

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

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