#A540AA#A540AA

#A540AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.184 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540AA
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 170)
HSL	hsl(297, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 55.56, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 67.01, 326.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.1526 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.184 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6056, 14.5699, 39.5387)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540AA #45AA40

analogous

#7040AA #A540AA #AA407A

triadic

#A540AA #AAA540 #40AAA5

tetradic

#A540AA #AA7040 #45AA40 #407AAA

square

#A540AA #AA7040 #45AA40 #407AAA

split-complementary

#A540AA #7AAA40 #40AA70

monochromatic

#4F1F51 #7A2F7E #A540AA #C063C4 #D28FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A540AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A540AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540AA

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540AA	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.184 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37cc4',
    500: '#a540aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540aa;
$custom-light: #c37cc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.17,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54987,
    "c": 0.18448,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540AA

secondary

#88C086

accent

#D55359

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540AA

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

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