#A840D6#A840D6

#A840D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.226 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D6
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 64.72, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 87.02, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.155 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.226 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1173, 16.8476, 65.2707)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D6 #6ED640

analogous

#5D40D6 #A840D6 #D640B9

triadic

#A840D6 #D6A840 #40D6A8

tetradic

#A840D6 #D65D40 #6ED640 #40B9D6

square

#A840D6 #D65D40 #6ED640 #40B9D6

split-complementary

#A840D6 #B9D640 #40D65D

monochromatic

#611B80 #8826B2 #A840D6 #BF72E1 #D6A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#A840D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#A840D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D6

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D6	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3474D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.226 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67de3',
    500: '#a840d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d6;
$custom-light: #c67de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58086,
    "c": 0.22573,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D6

secondary

#ADD999

accent

#E84074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D6

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

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