#A940D6#A940D6

#A940D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.226 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940D6
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 64.93, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 87.02, 318.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1562 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.226 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3311, 16.9578, 65.2807)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940D6 #6DD640

analogous

#5E40D6 #A940D6 #D640B8

triadic

#A940D6 #D6A940 #40D6A9

tetradic

#A940D6 #D65E40 #6DD640 #40B8D6

square

#A940D6 #D65E40 #6DD640 #40B8D6

split-complementary

#A940D6 #B8D640 #40D65E

monochromatic

#621B80 #8826B2 #A940D6 #C072E1 #D6A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A940D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A940D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940D6

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940D6	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3675D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.226 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee3',
    500: '#a940d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940d6;
$custom-light: #c77ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58215,
    "c": 0.22607,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940D6

secondary

#ACD999

accent

#E84072

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940D6

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

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