#A540D4#A540D4

#A540D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.223 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540D4
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 63.70, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 86.11, 317.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1515 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.223 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2320, 16.4204, 63.9042)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540D4 #6FD440

analogous

#5B40D4 #A540D4 #D440B9

triadic

#A540D4 #D4A540 #40D4A5

tetradic

#A540D4 #D45B40 #6FD440 #40B9D4

square

#A540D4 #D45B40 #6FD440 #40B9D4

split-complementary

#A540D4 #B9D440 #40D45B

monochromatic

#5F1C7D #8427AF #A540D4 #BD72DF #D4A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A540D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A540D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540D4

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540D4	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3273D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.223 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47de2',
    500: '#a540d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540d4;
$custom-light: #c47de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.946,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5757,
    "c": 0.22287,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540D4

secondary

#ACD798

accent

#E64276

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540D4

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

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