#A540DD#A540DD

#A540DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.231 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540DD
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 65.57, -62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 90.31, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1504 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.231 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3991, 16.8873, 70.0508)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540DD #78DD40

analogous

#5640DD #A540DD #DD40C6

triadic

#A540DD #DDA540 #40DDA5

tetradic

#A540DD #DD5640 #78DD40 #40C6DD

square

#A540DD #DD5640 #78DD40 #40C6DD

split-complementary

#A540DD #C6DD40 #40DD56

monochromatic

#62198A #8622BE #A540DD #BD74E6 #D6A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A540DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A540DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540DD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540DD	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2474DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.231 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47de8',
    500: '#a540dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540dd;
$custom-light: #c47de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.599,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58183,
    "c": 0.23131,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540DD

secondary

#B3DD9C

accent

#ED3B7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540DD

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

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