#A840D7#A840D7

#A840D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.227 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D7
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 64.93, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 87.49, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1549 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.227 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2454, 16.8988, 65.9454)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D7 #6FD740

analogous

#5D40D7 #A840D7 #D740BA

triadic

#A840D7 #D7A840 #40D7A8

tetradic

#A840D7 #D75D40 #6FD740 #40BAD7

square

#A840D7 #D75D40 #6FD740 #40BAD7

split-complementary

#A840D7 #BAD740 #40D75D

monochromatic

#621B81 #8826B4 #A840D7 #BF73E2 #D6A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A840D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A840D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D7	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3375D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.227 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67de4',
    500: '#a840d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d7;
$custom-light: #c67de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.325,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58153,
    "c": 0.22665,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D7

secondary

#ADD99A

accent

#E83F74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D7

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

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