#A540D7#A540D7

#A540D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.226 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540D7
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 64.32, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 87.51, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1511 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.226 312)
XYZ	xyz(29.6139, 16.5732, 65.9158)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540D7 #72D740

analogous

#5940D7 #A540D7 #D740BE

triadic

#A540D7 #D7A540 #40D7A5

tetradic

#A540D7 #D75940 #72D740 #40BED7

square

#A540D7 #D75940 #72D740 #40BED7

split-complementary

#A540D7 #BED740 #40D759

monochromatic

#601B81 #8526B4 #A540D7 #BD73E2 #D5A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A540D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A540D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540D7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540D7	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E73D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.226 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47de4',
    500: '#a540d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540d7;
$custom-light: #c47de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.132,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57772,
    "c": 0.22568,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.16572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540D7

secondary

#AFD99A

accent

#E83F77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540D7

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

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