#A840DF#A840DF

#A840DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.234 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840DF
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 66.56, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 91.20, 316.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1539 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.234 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2986, 17.3201, 71.4921)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840DF #77DF40

analogous

#5940DF #A840DF #DF40C7

triadic

#A840DF #DFA840 #40DFA8

tetradic

#A840DF #DF5940 #77DF40 #40C7DF

square

#A840DF #DF5940 #77DF40 #40C7DF

split-complementary

#A840DF #C7DF40 #40DF59

monochromatic

#64188D #8A20C1 #A840DF #C074E8 #D8A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A840DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A840DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840DF

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840DF	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2675DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.234 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77eea',
    500: '#a840df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840df;
$custom-light: #c77eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.245,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58697,
    "c": 0.23408,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840DF

secondary

#B3DE9D

accent

#EE3A78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840DF

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

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