#A940E3#A940E3

#A940E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.238 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A940E3
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 67.58, -63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 93.05, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1546 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.238 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0580, 17.6486, 74.3759)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A940E3 #7AE340

analogous

#5840E3 #A940E3 #E340CC

triadic

#A940E3 #E3A940 #40E3A9

tetradic

#A940E3 #E35840 #7AE340 #40CCE3

square

#A940E3 #E35840 #7AE340 #40CCE3

split-complementary

#A940E3 #CCE340 #40E358

monochromatic

#661693 #8C1DC8 #A940E3 #C175EB #D9ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#A940E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#A940E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A940E3

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A940E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A940E3	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2076E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a940e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.238 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77eed',
    500: '#a940e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a940e3;
$custom-light: #c77eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a940e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.65,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59099,
    "c": 0.23809,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A940E3

secondary

#B6E19E

accent

#F13779

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A940E3

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

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