#A840DE#A840DE

#A840DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.233 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840DE
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 66.36, -61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 90.74, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.154 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.233 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1642, 17.2663, 70.7841)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840DE #76DE40

analogous

#5940DE #A840DE #DE40C5

triadic

#A840DE #DEA840 #40DEA8

tetradic

#A840DE #DE5940 #76DE40 #40C5DE

square

#A840DE #DE5940 #76DE40 #40C5DE

split-complementary

#A840DE #C5DE40 #40DE59

monochromatic

#64188B #8921C0 #A840DE #C074E7 #D8A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#A840DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#A840DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840DE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840DE	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2875DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.233 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee9',
    500: '#a840de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840de;
$custom-light: #c77ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.494,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58628,
    "c": 0.23315,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840DE

secondary

#B3DE9C

accent

#ED3A78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840DE

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

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