#A540D3#A540D3

#A540D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.222 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540D3
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 63.50, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 85.64, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1516 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.222 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1062, 16.3701, 63.2419)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540D3 #6ED340

analogous

#5C40D3 #A540D3 #D340B8

triadic

#A540D3 #D3A540 #40D3A5

tetradic

#A540D3 #D35C40 #6ED340 #40B8D3

square

#A540D3 #D35C40 #6ED340 #40B8D3

split-complementary

#A540D3 #B8D340 #40D35C

monochromatic

#5E1D7C #8428AE #A540D3 #BC72DE #D4A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A540D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A540D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540D3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540D3	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3473D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.222 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47de1',
    500: '#a540d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540d3;
$custom-light: #c47de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.224,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57503,
    "c": 0.22193,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540D3

secondary

#ACD798

accent

#E64275

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540D3

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

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