#A940DB#A940DB

#A940DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.231 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940DB
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 65.94, -60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 89.34, 317.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1557 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.231 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9795, 17.2172, 68.6954)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940DB #72DB40

analogous

#5B40DB #A940DB #DB40C0

triadic

#A940DB #DBA940 #40DBA9

tetradic

#A940DB #DB5B40 #72DB40 #40C0DB

square

#A940DB #DB5B40 #72DB40 #40C0DB

split-complementary

#A940DB #C0DB40 #40DB5B

monochromatic

#641987 #8A23BB #A940DB #C073E5 #D7A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A940DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A940DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940DB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940DB	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F75D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.231 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee7',
    500: '#a940db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940db;
$custom-light: #c77ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.645,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5855,
    "c": 0.23069,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940DB

secondary

#B0DC9B

accent

#EB3D75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940DB

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

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