#A940D0#A940D0

#A940D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.221 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940D0
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 63.73, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 84.26, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1568 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.221 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5789, 16.6569, 61.3193)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940D0 #67D040

analogous

#6140D0 #A940D0 #D040AF

triadic

#A940D0 #D0A940 #40D0A9

tetradic

#A940D0 #D06140 #67D040 #40AFD0

square

#A940D0 #D06140 #67D040 #40AFD0

split-complementary

#A940D0 #AFD040 #40D061

monochromatic

#601E78 #872AA9 #A940D0 #BF71DC #D5A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A940D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A940D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940D0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940D0	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.221 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ddf',
    500: '#a940d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940d0;
$custom-light: #c77ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5782,
    "c": 0.22055,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940D0

secondary

#A8D597

accent

#E4446F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940D0

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

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