#A540CE#A540CE

#A540CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.217 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540CE
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 62.48, -55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 83.31, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.152 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.217 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4892, 16.1233, 59.9919)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540CE #69CE40

analogous

#5E40CE #A540CE #CE40B0

triadic

#A540CE #CEA540 #40CEA5

tetradic

#A540CE #CE5E40 #69CE40 #40B0CE

square

#A540CE #CE5E40 #69CE40 #40B0CE

split-complementary

#A540CE #B0CE40 #40CE5E

monochromatic

#5C1E75 #822BA6 #A540CE #BC71DA #D3A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A540CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A540CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540CE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540CE	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A72CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.217 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47dde',
    500: '#a540ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540ce;
$custom-light: #c47dde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.676,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57171,
    "c": 0.21726,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540CE

secondary

#A8D496

accent

#E24573

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540CE

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

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