#A540A8#A540A8

#A540A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.183 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540A8
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 168)
HSL	hsl(298, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(298, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, 55.21, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 66.14, 326.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% 0.1525 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.183 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4179, 14.4948, 38.5498)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540A8 #43A840

analogous

#7140A8 #A540A8 #A84077

triadic

#A540A8 #A8A540 #40A8A5

tetradic

#A540A8 #A87140 #43A840 #4077A8

square

#A540A8 #A87140 #43A840 #4077A8

split-complementary

#A540A8 #77A840 #40A871

monochromatic

#4E1E4F #792F7C #A540A8 #C062C3 #D28ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A540A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A540A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540A8

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540A8	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3162AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.183 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37cc2',
    500: '#a540a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540a8;
$custom-light: #c37cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.269,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54877,
    "c": 0.18274,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540A8

secondary

#86BF85

accent

#D55357

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540A8

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

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