#A840D1#A840D1

#A840D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.221 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D1
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 63.72, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 84.71, 318.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1555 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.221 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4886, 16.5961, 61.9592)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D1 #69D140

analogous

#5F40D1 #A840D1 #D140B2

triadic

#A840D1 #D1A840 #40D1A8

tetradic

#A840D1 #D15F40 #69D140 #40B2D1

square

#A840D1 #D15F40 #69D140 #40B2D1

split-complementary

#A840D1 #B2D140 #40D15F

monochromatic

#5F1D79 #8629AB #A840D1 #BE71DD #D5A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A840D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A840D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D1

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D1	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A74CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.221 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67de0',
    500: '#a840d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d1;
$custom-light: #c67de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.034,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57756,
    "c": 0.22112,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D1

secondary

#A9D597

accent

#E44471

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D1

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

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