#A940DF#A940DF

#A940DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.234 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940DF
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 223)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 66.76, -62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 91.19, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1552 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.234 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5124, 17.4303, 71.5021)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940DF #76DF40

analogous

#5A40DF #A940DF #DF40C5

triadic

#A940DF #DFA940 #40DFA9

tetradic

#A940DF #DF5A40 #76DF40 #40C5DF

square

#A940DF #DF5A40 #76DF40 #40C5DF

split-complementary

#A940DF #C5DF40 #40DF5A

monochromatic

#65188D #8B20C1 #A940DF #C174E8 #D8A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A940DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A940DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940DF

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940DF	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2876DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.234 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77eea',
    500: '#a940df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940df;
$custom-light: #c77eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58823,
    "c": 0.23438,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940DF

secondary

#B3DE9D

accent

#EE3A77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940DF

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

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