#A540D2#A540D2

#A540D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.221 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540D2
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(282, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 63.29, -56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 85.17, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1517 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.221 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9813, 16.3202, 62.5837)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540D2 #6DD240

analogous

#5C40D2 #A540D2 #D240B6

triadic

#A540D2 #D2A540 #40D2A5

tetradic

#A540D2 #D25C40 #6DD240 #40B6D2

square

#A540D2 #D25C40 #6DD240 #40B6D2

split-complementary

#A540D2 #B6D240 #40D25C

monochromatic

#5E1D7B #8429AC #A540D2 #BC72DE #D4A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#A540D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A540D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540D2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540D2	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3573CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.221 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47de1',
    500: '#a540d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540d2;
$custom-light: #c47de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.507,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57436,
    "c": 0.22099,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540D2

secondary

#ABD698

accent

#E54375

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540D2

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

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