#A840D8#A840D8

#A840D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.228 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D8
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 65.13, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 87.95, 317.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1548 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.228 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3743, 16.9504, 66.6241)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D8 #70D840

analogous

#5C40D8 #A840D8 #D840BC

triadic

#A840D8 #D8A840 #40D8A8

tetradic

#A840D8 #D85C40 #70D840 #40BCD8

square

#A840D8 #D85C40 #70D840 #40BCD8

split-complementary

#A840D8 #BCD840 #40D85C

monochromatic

#621B83 #8825B6 #A840D8 #BF73E2 #D6A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A840D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A840D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3275D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.228 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee5',
    500: '#a840d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d8;
$custom-light: #c67ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5822,
    "c": 0.22758,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D8

secondary

#AEDA9A

accent

#E93F75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D8

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

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