#A540BE#A540BE

#A540BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.202 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540BE
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 59.31, -47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 75.93, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1529 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.202 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6435, 15.3850, 50.2714)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540BE #59BE40

analogous

#6640BE #A540BE #BE4098

triadic

#A540BE #BEA540 #40BEA5

tetradic

#A540BE #BE6640 #59BE40 #4098BE

square

#A540BE #BE6640 #59BE40 #4098BE

split-complementary

#A540BE #98BE40 #40BE66

monochromatic

#552162 #7D3190 #A540BE #BB6DCE #D09BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#A540BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A540BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540BE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540BE	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1167C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4871BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.202 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37cd2',
    500: '#a540be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540be;
$custom-light: #c37cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.095,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56156,
    "c": 0.20246,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540BE

secondary

#9CC990

accent

#D94F6A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540BE

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

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