#A840CE#A840CE

#A840CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.218 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840CE
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 63.12, -54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 83.33, 319.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1557 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.218 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1207, 16.4489, 60.0215)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840CE #66CE40

analogous

#6140CE #A840CE #CE40AD

triadic

#A840CE #CEA840 #40CEA8

tetradic

#A840CE #CE6140 #66CE40 #40ADCE

square

#A840CE #CE6140 #66CE40 #40ADCE

split-complementary

#A840CE #ADCE40 #40CE61

monochromatic

#5E1E75 #852BA6 #A840CE #BE71DA #D4A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A840CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A840CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840CE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840CE	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.218 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dde',
    500: '#a840ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840ce;
$custom-light: #c67dde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.944,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5756,
    "c": 0.21835,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840CE

secondary

#A7D496

accent

#E2456F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840CE

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

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