#A840E3#A840E3

#A840E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.238 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840E3
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 67.39, -64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 93.06, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1533 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.238 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8443, 17.5384, 74.3659)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840E3 #7BE340

analogous

#5740E3 #A840E3 #E340CD

triadic

#A840E3 #E3A840 #40E3A8

tetradic

#A840E3 #E35740 #7BE340 #40CDE3

square

#A840E3 #E35740 #7BE340 #40CDE3

split-complementary

#A840E3 #CDE340 #40E357

monochromatic

#661693 #8B1DC8 #A840E3 #C075EB #D9ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#A840E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#A840E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840E3

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840E3	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E76E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.238 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77eed',
    500: '#a840e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840e3;
$custom-light: #c77eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.282,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58975,
    "c": 0.2378,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840E3

secondary

#B6E19E

accent

#F1377A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840E3

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

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