#A940E1#A940E1

#A940E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.236 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940E1
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 67.17, -63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 92.12, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1549 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.236 311)
XYZ	xyz(31.7836, 17.5388, 72.9306)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940E1 #78E140

analogous

#5840E1 #A940E1 #E140C9

triadic

#A940E1 #E1A940 #40E1A9

tetradic

#A940E1 #E15840 #78E140 #40C9E1

square

#A940E1 #E15840 #78E140 #40C9E1

split-complementary

#A940E1 #C9E140 #40E158

monochromatic

#661790 #8B1FC5 #A940E1 #C175E9 #D9AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#A940E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#A940E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940E1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940E1	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2576DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.236 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77eeb',
    500: '#a940e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940e1;
$custom-light: #c77eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58961,
    "c": 0.23623,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.17538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940E1

secondary

#B4DF9D

accent

#F03878

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940E1

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

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