#A540CA#A540CA

#A540CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.214 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540CA
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 61.68, -53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 81.45, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1523 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.214 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0094, 15.9314, 57.4653)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540CA #65CA40

analogous

#6040CA #A540CA #CA40AA

triadic

#A540CA #CAA540 #40CAA5

tetradic

#A540CA #CA6040 #65CA40 #40AACA

square

#A540CA #CA6040 #65CA40 #40AACA

split-complementary

#A540CA #AACA40 #40CA60

monochromatic

#5B1F70 #812CA0 #A540CA #BC70D7 #D2A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A540CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A540CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540CA

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540CA	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E72C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.214 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ddb',
    500: '#a540ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540ca;
$custom-light: #c47ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.913,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.21353,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540CA

secondary

#A5D195

accent

#E04871

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540CA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →