#A840D4#A840D4

#A840D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.224 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D4
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 64.32, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 86.10, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1552 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.224 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8635, 16.7461, 63.9338)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D4 #6CD440

analogous

#5E40D4 #A840D4 #D440B6

triadic

#A840D4 #D4A840 #40D4A8

tetradic

#A840D4 #D45E40 #6CD440 #40B6D4

square

#A840D4 #D45E40 #6CD440 #40B6D4

split-complementary

#A840D4 #B6D440 #40D45E

monochromatic

#601C7D #8727AF #A840D4 #BF72DF #D6A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A840D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A840D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D4

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D4	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.224 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67de2',
    500: '#a840d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d4;
$custom-light: #c67de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57953,
    "c": 0.22388,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D4

secondary

#ABD798

accent

#E64273

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D4

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

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