#A540BC#A540BC

#A540BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.201 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540BC
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(289, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 58.93, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 75.02, 321.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.153 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.201 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4264, 15.2982, 49.1281)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540BC #57BC40

analogous

#6740BC #A540BC #BC4095

triadic

#A540BC #BCA540 #40BCA5

tetradic

#A540BC #BC6740 #57BC40 #4095BC

square

#A540BC #BC6740 #57BC40 #4095BC

split-complementary

#A540BC #95BC40 #40BC67

monochromatic

#552161 #7D308E #A540BC #BB6CCD #D09ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A540BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A540BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540BC

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540BC	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1666C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A71B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.201 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37cd1',
    500: '#a540bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540bc;
$custom-light: #c37cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.871,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56034,
    "c": 0.20062,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540BC

secondary

#9AC98F

accent

#D94F69

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540BC

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

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