#A540C8#A540C8

#A540C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.212 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540C8
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 61.28, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 80.53, 319.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1525 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.212 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7742, 15.8373, 56.2263)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540C8 #63C840

analogous

#6140C8 #A540C8 #C840A7

triadic

#A540C8 #C8A540 #40C8A5

tetradic

#A540C8 #C86140 #63C840 #40A7C8

square

#A540C8 #C86140 #63C840 #40A7C8

split-complementary

#A540C8 #A7C840 #40C861

monochromatic

#5A206E #812D9D #A540C8 #BB70D6 #D29FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A540C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A540C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540C8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540C8	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4072C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.212 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37dd9',
    500: '#a540c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540c8;
$custom-light: #c37dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.559,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56783,
    "c": 0.21168,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540C8

secondary

#A3D094

accent

#DF4970

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540C8

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

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