#A940C4#A940C4

#A940C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.210 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940C4
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 61.38, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 78.77, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1575 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.21 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1581, 16.0886, 53.8360)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940C4 #5BC440

analogous

#6740C4 #A940C4 #C4409D

triadic

#A940C4 #C4A940 #40C4A9

tetradic

#A940C4 #C46740 #5BC440 #409DC4

square

#A940C4 #C46740 #5BC440 #409DC4

split-complementary

#A940C4 #9DC440 #40C467

monochromatic

#5A2069 #822F98 #A940C4 #BE6FD2 #D39EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A940C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A940C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940C4

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940C4	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0469C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4873C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.210 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dd6',
    500: '#a940c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940c4;
$custom-light: #c67dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57059,
    "c": 0.20962,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940C4

secondary

#9FCD93

accent

#DC4C69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940C4

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

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