#A840E1#A840E1

#A840E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.236 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840E1
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 66.98, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 92.13, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1536 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.236 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5698, 17.4286, 72.9206)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840E1 #79E140

analogous

#5840E1 #A840E1 #E140CA

triadic

#A840E1 #E1A840 #40E1A8

tetradic

#A840E1 #E15840 #79E140 #40CAE1

square

#A840E1 #E15840 #79E140 #40CAE1

split-complementary

#A840E1 #CAE140 #40E158

monochromatic

#651790 #8A1FC5 #A840E1 #C075E9 #D8AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A840E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A840E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840E1

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840E1	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2276DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.236 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77eeb',
    500: '#a840e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840e1;
$custom-light: #c77eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.758,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58835,
    "c": 0.23593,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840E1

secondary

#B5DF9D

accent

#F03879

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840E1

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

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