#A840CA#A840CA

#A840CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.215 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840CA
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 62.32, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 81.49, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.156 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.215 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6409, 16.2570, 57.4949)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840CA #62CA40

analogous

#6340CA #A840CA #CA40A7

triadic

#A840CA #CAA840 #40CAA8

tetradic

#A840CA #CA6340 #62CA40 #40A7CA

square

#A840CA #CA6340 #62CA40 #40A7CA

split-complementary

#A840CA #A7CA40 #40CA63

monochromatic

#5C1F70 #842CA0 #A840CA #BE70D7 #D4A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A840CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A840CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840CA

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840CA	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4173C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.215 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ddb',
    500: '#a840ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840ca;
$custom-light: #c67ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57303,
    "c": 0.21468,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840CA

secondary

#A4D195

accent

#E0486D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840CA

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

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