#A840DD#A840DD

#A840DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.232 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840DD
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 66.15, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 90.27, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1542 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.232 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0306, 17.2129, 70.0804)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840DD #75DD40

analogous

#5940DD #A840DD #DD40C4

triadic

#A840DD #DDA840 #40DDA8

tetradic

#A840DD #DD5940 #75DD40 #40C4DD

square

#A840DD #DD5940 #75DD40 #40C4DD

split-complementary

#A840DD #C4DD40 #40DD59

monochromatic

#64198A #8922BE #A840DD #C074E6 #D7A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A840DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A840DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840DD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840DD	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A75DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.232 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee8',
    500: '#a840dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840dd;
$custom-light: #c67ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.745,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5856,
    "c": 0.23222,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840DD

secondary

#B2DD9C

accent

#ED3B77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840DD

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

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