#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
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 66.40, -63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 92.18, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1498 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.235 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9383, 17.1030, 72.8910)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##A540E1	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A540E1

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

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