#A940DE#A940DE

#A940DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.233 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940DE
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 66.55, -61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 90.73, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1553 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.233 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3779, 17.3766, 70.7942)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940DE #75DE40

analogous

#5A40DE #A940DE #DE40C4

triadic

#A940DE #DEA940 #40DEA9

tetradic

#A940DE #DE5A40 #75DE40 #40C4DE

square

#A940DE #DE5A40 #75DE40 #40C4DE

split-complementary

#A940DE #C4DE40 #40DE5A

monochromatic

#65188B #8A21C0 #A940DE #C074E7 #D8A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A940DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A940DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940DE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940DE	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A76DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.233 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee9',
    500: '#a940de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940de;
$custom-light: #c77ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.873,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58754,
    "c": 0.23346,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940DE

secondary

#B2DE9C

accent

#ED3A76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940DE

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

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