#A540D0#A540D0

#A540D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.219 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540D0
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 62.89, -56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 84.24, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1518 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.219 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7337, 16.2211, 61.2797)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540D0 #6BD040

analogous

#5D40D0 #A540D0 #D040B3

triadic

#A540D0 #D0A540 #40D0A5

tetradic

#A540D0 #D05D40 #6BD040 #40B3D0

square

#A540D0 #D05D40 #6BD040 #40B3D0

split-complementary

#A540D0 #B3D040 #40D05D

monochromatic

#5D1E78 #832AA9 #A540D0 #BC71DC #D3A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A540D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A540D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540D0

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540D0	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3772CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.219 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47ddf',
    500: '#a540d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540d0;
$custom-light: #c47ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.083,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57303,
    "c": 0.21912,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540D0

secondary

#A9D597

accent

#E44474

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540D0

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

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