#A840D2#A840D2

#A840D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.222 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D2
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 63.92, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 85.17, 318.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1554 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.222 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6128, 16.6458, 62.6133)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D2 #6AD240

analogous

#5F40D2 #A840D2 #D240B3

triadic

#A840D2 #D2A840 #40D2A8

tetradic

#A840D2 #D25F40 #6AD240 #40B3D2

square

#A840D2 #D25F40 #6AD240 #40B3D2

split-complementary

#A840D2 #B3D240 #40D25F

monochromatic

#601D7B #8629AC #A840D2 #BF72DE #D5A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A840D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A840D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D2	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3974CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.222 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67de0',
    500: '#a840d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d2;
$custom-light: #c67de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57821,
    "c": 0.22204,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D2

secondary

#AAD698

accent

#E54371

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D2

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

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