#A540E1#A540E1

#A540E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.235 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A540E1
RGBrgb(165, 64, 225)
HSLhsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSVhsv(278, 72%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(26.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(48.39, 66.40, -63.94)
CIE-LCHlch(48.39, 92.18, 316.08°)
OKLaboklab(58.46% 0.1498 -0.1811)
OKLCHoklch(58.46% 0.235 309.6)
XYZxyz(30.9383, 17.1030, 72.8910)
Luminance0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A540E1 #7CE140
analogous
#5540E1 #A540E1 #E140CC
triadic
#A540E1 #E1A540 #40E1A5
tetradic
#A540E1 #E15540 #7CE140 #40CCE1
square
#A540E1 #E15540 #7CE140 #40CCE1
split-complementary
#A540E1 #CCE140 #40E155
monochromatic
#631790 #871FC5 #A540E1 #BE75E9 #D7AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75
#A540E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42
#A540E1 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540E1
4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A540E1#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A540E11.004.754.424.75
#FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00
#0000004.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1B74DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C658D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a540e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.235 309.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57eeb',
    500: '#a540e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a540e1;
$custom-light: #c57eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a540e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.64,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58462,
    "c": 0.23506,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A540E1
secondary
#B6DF9D
accent
#F0387D
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFD
border
#D2CAD5
text
#130A16
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#A540E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva