#A840D0#A840D0

#A840D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.220 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D0
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 63.52, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 84.25, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1556 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.22 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3652, 16.5467, 61.3093)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D0 #68D040

analogous

#6040D0 #A840D0 #D040B0

triadic

#A840D0 #D0A840 #40D0A8

tetradic

#A840D0 #D06040 #68D040 #40B0D0

square

#A840D0 #D06040 #68D040 #40B0D0

split-complementary

#A840D0 #B0D040 #40D060

monochromatic

#5F1E78 #862AA9 #A840D0 #BE71DC #D5A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A840D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A840D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D0

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D0	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B74CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.220 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ddf',
    500: '#a840d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d0;
$custom-light: #c67ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5769,
    "c": 0.22019,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D0

secondary

#A8D597

accent

#E44470

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D0

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

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