#A940D8#A940D8

#A940D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.228 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940D8
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 65.33, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 87.95, 317.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.156 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.228 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5881, 17.0606, 66.6342)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940D8 #6FD840

analogous

#5D40D8 #A940D8 #D840BB

triadic

#A940D8 #D8A940 #40D8A9

tetradic

#A940D8 #D85D40 #6FD840 #40BBD8

square

#A940D8 #D85D40 #6FD840 #40BBD8

split-complementary

#A940D8 #BBD840 #40D85D

monochromatic

#631B83 #8925B6 #A940D8 #C073E2 #D7A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#A940D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#A940D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940D8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940D8	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3375D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.228 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee5',
    500: '#a940d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940d8;
$custom-light: #c77ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.447,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58348,
    "c": 0.22791,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940D8

secondary

#AEDA9A

accent

#E93F73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940D8

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

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