#A940D5#A940D5

#A940D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.225 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940D5
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 64.73, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 86.56, 318.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1563 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.225 314)
XYZ	xyz(30.2038, 16.9069, 64.6102)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940D5 #6CD540

analogous

#5F40D5 #A940D5 #D540B6

triadic

#A940D5 #D5A940 #40D5A9

tetradic

#A940D5 #D55F40 #6CD540 #40B6D5

square

#A940D5 #D55F40 #6CD540 #40B6D5

split-complementary

#A940D5 #B6D540 #40D55F

monochromatic

#621C7F #8827B1 #A940D5 #C072E0 #D6A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A940D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A940D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940D5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940D5	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3775D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.225 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee3',
    500: '#a940d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940d5;
$custom-light: #c77ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.282,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58148,
    "c": 0.22515,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940D5

secondary

#ABD899

accent

#E74172

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940D5

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

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