#A540A5#A540A5

#A540A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.180 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540A5
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 54.67, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 64.86, 327.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1523 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.18 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1416, 14.3843, 37.0949)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540A5 #40A540

analogous

#7340A5 #A540A5 #A54073

triadic

#A540A5 #A5A540 #40A5A5

tetradic

#A540A5 #A57340 #40A540 #4073A5

square

#A540A5 #A57340 #40A540 #4073A5

split-complementary

#A540A5 #73A540 #40A573

monochromatic

#4D1E4D #792F79 #A540A5 #C261C2 #D38DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#A540A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A540A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540A5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540A5	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3461A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.180 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37cc0',
    500: '#a540a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540a5;
$custom-light: #c37cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54714,
    "c": 0.18014,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540A5

secondary

#83BE83

accent

#D45454

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540A5

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

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