#A840CB#A840CB

#A840CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.216 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840CB
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 62.52, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 81.95, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1559 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.216 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7597, 16.3045, 58.1205)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840CB #63CB40

analogous

#6240CB #A840CB #CB40A9

triadic

#A840CB #CBA840 #40CBA8

tetradic

#A840CB #CB6240 #63CB40 #40A9CB

square

#A840CB #CB6240 #63CB40 #40A9CB

split-complementary

#A840CB #A9CB40 #40CB62

monochromatic

#5D1F72 #842CA2 #A840CB #BE70D8 #D4A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#A840CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A840CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840CB

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840CB	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.216 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ddb',
    500: '#a840cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840cb;
$custom-light: #c67ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.892,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57367,
    "c": 0.2156,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840CB

secondary

#A4D295

accent

#E0476E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840CB

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

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