All About Color #A040B5

#A040B5

About #A040B5

#A040B5 is a medium purple color with the hex code #A040B5. In RGB it is red 160, green 64, blue 181; in HSL it is hue 289°, saturation 48%, lightness 48%; in CMYK it is 12%, 65%, 0%, 29%. Its contrast ratio is 5.39:1 on white and 3.90:1 on black.

#A040B5 Color Conversion

Hex tripletA0, 40, B5
CMYK11.60%, 64.64%, 0.00%, 29.02%
RGB Decimal160, 64, 181
HSL289°, 48%, 48%
RGB Octal240, 100, 265
HSV (HSB)289.23°, 64.64%, 70.98%
RGB Binary10100000, 1000000, 10110101
CIE-L*AB44.91, 56.41, -44.19
RGB Percent62.75%, 25.10%, 70.98%
CIE-L*CH44.91, 71.66, 321.93
XYZ24.67, 14.48, 45.21
CIE-L*UV44.91, 37.14, -71.89
xyY0.29, 0.17, 14.48
Hunter-Lab38.05, 49.16, -43.82
RYB62.75%, 25.10%, 70.98%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A040B5 on a dark background: contrast 3.90:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#A040B5 on a light background: contrast 5.39:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #A040B5, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #A040B5. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#A040B5 · #C37FD2 · #642871 · #55B540 · #8ED27F

Analogous palette

#4055B5 · #6540B5 · #A040B5 · #B54090 · #B54055

Triadic palette

#A040B5 · #B5A040 · #40B5A0 · #C37FD2 · #D2C37F

Tetradic palette

#A040B5 · #B56540 · #55B540 · #4090B5 · #642871

Monochromatic palette

#3C1844 · #6E2C7D · #A040B5 · #BD73CE · #D8ACE2

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