#A540C4#A540C4

#A540C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.208 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540C4
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 60.48, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 78.68, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1527 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.208 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3128, 15.6528, 53.7964)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540C4 #5FC440

analogous

#6340C4 #A540C4 #C440A1

triadic

#A540C4 #C4A540 #40C4A5

tetradic

#A540C4 #C46340 #5FC440 #40A1C4

square

#A540C4 #C46340 #5FC440 #40A1C4

split-complementary

#A540C4 #A1C440 #40C463

monochromatic

#582069 #7F2F98 #A540C4 #BB6FD2 #D19EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A540C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A540C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540C4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540C4	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4371C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4597D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.208 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37dd6',
    500: '#a540c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540c4;
$custom-light: #c37dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56529,
    "c": 0.20797,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540C4

secondary

#A0CD93

accent

#DC4C6E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540C4

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

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