#A840DB#A840DB

#A840DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.230 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840DB
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 65.74, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 89.34, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1544 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.23 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7657, 17.1069, 68.6854)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840DB #73DB40

analogous

#5A40DB #A840DB #DB40C0

triadic

#A840DB #DBA840 #40DBA8

tetradic

#A840DB #DB5A40 #73DB40 #40C0DB

square

#A840DB #DB5A40 #73DB40 #40C0DB

split-complementary

#A840DB #C0DB40 #40DB5A

monochromatic

#631987 #8923BB #A840DB #BF73E5 #D7A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A840DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A840DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840DB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840DB	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D75D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.230 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee7',
    500: '#a840db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840db;
$custom-light: #c67ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.258,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58423,
    "c": 0.23036,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840DB

secondary

#B0DC9B

accent

#EB3D76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840DB

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

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