#A540D9#A540D9

#A540D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.228 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540D9
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 64.73, -60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 88.44, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1509 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.228 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8725, 16.6766, 67.2775)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540D9 #74D940

analogous

#5940D9 #A540D9 #D940C0

triadic

#A540D9 #D9A540 #40D9A5

tetradic

#A540D9 #D95940 #74D940 #40C0D9

square

#A540D9 #D95940 #74D940 #40C0D9

split-complementary

#A540D9 #C0D940 #40D959

monochromatic

#601A84 #8524B7 #A540D9 #BD73E3 #D5A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#A540D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#A540D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540D9

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540D9	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B73D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.228 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47de6',
    500: '#a540d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540d9;
$custom-light: #c47de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.608,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57908,
    "c": 0.22755,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540D9

secondary

#B0DA9A

accent

#EA3E78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540D9

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

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