#A540CD#A540CD

#A540CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.216 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540CD
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 62.28, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 82.85, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1521 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.216 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3681, 16.0749, 59.3542)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540CD #68CD40

analogous

#5F40CD #A540CD #CD40AE

triadic

#A540CD #CDA540 #40CDA5

tetradic

#A540CD #CD5F40 #68CD40 #40AECD

square

#A540CD #CD5F40 #68CD40 #40AECD

split-complementary

#A540CD #AECD40 #40CD5F

monochromatic

#5C1E74 #822BA5 #A540CD #BC71DA #D3A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A540CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A540CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540CD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540CD	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B72CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.216 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ddd',
    500: '#a540cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540cd;
$custom-light: #c47ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.979,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57106,
    "c": 0.21633,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540CD

secondary

#A7D396

accent

#E24672

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540CD

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

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