#A540AD#A540AD

#A540AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.187 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540AD
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 173)
HSL	hsl(296, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(296, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 63%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 56.11, -38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 68.31, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.1528 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.187 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8927, 14.6847, 41.0503)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540AD #48AD40

analogous

#6F40AD #A540AD #AD407F

triadic

#A540AD #ADA540 #40ADA5

tetradic

#A540AD #AD6F40 #48AD40 #407FAD

square

#A540AD #AD6F40 #48AD40 #407FAD

split-complementary

#A540AD #7FAD40 #40AD6F

monochromatic

#501F54 #7A2F80 #A540AD #BF64C6 #D191D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A540AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A540AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540AD

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540AD	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C63B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.187 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37cc6',
    500: '#a540ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540ad;
$custom-light: #c37cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.596,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55155,
    "c": 0.18713,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540AD

secondary

#8CC287

accent

#D6525C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540AD

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

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