#A540C5#A540C5

#A540C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.209 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540C5
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.58, 60.68, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.58, 79.14, 320.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1526 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.209 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4270, 15.6984, 54.3979)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540C5 #60C540

analogous

#6240C5 #A540C5 #C540A2

triadic

#A540C5 #C5A540 #40C5A5

tetradic

#A540C5 #C56240 #60C540 #40A2C5

square

#A540C5 #C56240 #60C540 #40A2C5

split-complementary

#A540C5 #A2C540 #40C562

monochromatic

#59206A #802F99 #A540C5 #BB6FD3 #D19EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A540C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A540C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540C5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540C5	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4271C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.209 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37dd7',
    500: '#a540c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540c5;
$custom-light: #c37dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.564,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56592,
    "c": 0.20889,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540C5

secondary

#A1CE93

accent

#DD4B6E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540C5

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

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