#A940CE#A940CE

#A940CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.219 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940CE
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 63.33, -54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 83.34, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1569 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.219 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3344, 16.5591, 60.0316)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940CE #65CE40

analogous

#6240CE #A940CE #CE40AC

triadic

#A940CE #CEA940 #40CEA9

tetradic

#A940CE #CE6240 #65CE40 #40ACCE

square

#A940CE #CE6240 #65CE40 #40ACCE

split-complementary

#A940CE #ACCE40 #40CE62

monochromatic

#5F1E75 #862BA6 #A940CE #BF71DA #D5A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A940CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A940CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940CE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940CE	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.219 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dde',
    500: '#a940ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940ce;
$custom-light: #c67dde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.366,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57691,
    "c": 0.21872,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940CE

secondary

#A6D496

accent

#E2456E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940CE

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

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