#A940CB#A940CB

#A940CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.216 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940CB
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 62.74, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 81.96, 319.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1572 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.216 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9735, 16.4148, 58.1305)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940CB #62CB40

analogous

#6440CB #A940CB #CB40A7

triadic

#A940CB #CBA940 #40CBA9

tetradic

#A940CB #CB6440 #62CB40 #40A7CB

square

#A940CB #CB6440 #62CB40 #40A7CB

split-complementary

#A940CB #A7CB40 #40CB64

monochromatic

#5D1F72 #852CA2 #A940CB #BF70D8 #D4A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A940CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A940CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940CB

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940CB	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4274C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.216 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ddb',
    500: '#a940cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940cb;
$custom-light: #c67ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.324,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57498,
    "c": 0.21597,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940CB

secondary

#A4D295

accent

#E0476D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940CB

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

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