#A940DD#A940DD

#A940DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.233 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940DD
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 66.35, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 90.26, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1554 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.233 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2443, 17.3231, 70.0904)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940DD #74DD40

analogous

#5A40DD #A940DD #DD40C3

triadic

#A940DD #DDA940 #40DDA9

tetradic

#A940DD #DD5A40 #74DD40 #40C3DD

square

#A940DD #DD5A40 #74DD40 #40C3DD

split-complementary

#A940DD #C3DD40 #40DD5A

monochromatic

#64198A #8A22BE #A940DD #C074E6 #D8A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A940DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A940DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940DD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940DD	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.233 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee8',
    500: '#a940dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940dd;
$custom-light: #c77ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.127,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58686,
    "c": 0.23253,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940DD

secondary

#B1DD9C

accent

#ED3B76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940DD

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

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