#A540E0#A540E0

#A540E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.234 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540E0
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 66.19, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 91.72, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.15 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.234 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8023, 17.0486, 72.1746)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540E0 #7BE040

analogous

#5540E0 #A540E0 #E040CB

triadic

#A540E0 #E0A540 #40E0A5

tetradic

#A540E0 #E05540 #7BE040 #40CBE0

square

#A540E0 #E05540 #7BE040 #40CBE0

split-complementary

#A540E0 #CBE040 #40E055

monochromatic

#62178E #8720C3 #A540E0 #BE75E9 #D7A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#A540E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#A540E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540E0

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540E0	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D74DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.234 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57eeb',
    500: '#a540e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540e0;
$custom-light: #c57eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.875,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58392,
    "c": 0.23413,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540E0

secondary

#B5DF9D

accent

#EF397C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540E0

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

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