#A840CD#A840CD

#A840CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.217 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840CD
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 62.92, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 82.87, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1558 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.217 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9996, 16.4005, 59.3838)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840CD #65CD40

analogous

#6140CD #A840CD #CD40AC

triadic

#A840CD #CDA840 #40CDA8

tetradic

#A840CD #CD6140 #65CD40 #40ACCD

square

#A840CD #CD6140 #65CD40 #40ACCD

split-complementary

#A840CD #ACCD40 #40CD61

monochromatic

#5E1E74 #852BA5 #A840CD #BE71DA #D4A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A840CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A840CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840CD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840CD	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E74CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.217 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ddd',
    500: '#a840cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840cd;
$custom-light: #c67ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.255,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57496,
    "c": 0.21743,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840CD

secondary

#A6D396

accent

#E2466F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840CD

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

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