#A540E2#A540E2

#A540E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.236 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540E2
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 66.62, -64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 92.65, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1497 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.236 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0752, 17.1577, 73.6115)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540E2 #7DE240

analogous

#5440E2 #A540E2 #E240CE

triadic

#A540E2 #E2A540 #40E2A5

tetradic

#A540E2 #E25440 #7DE240 #40CEE2

square

#A540E2 #E25440 #7DE240 #40CEE2

split-complementary

#A540E2 #CEE240 #40E254

monochromatic

#631692 #871EC7 #A540E2 #BE75EA #D7AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A540E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A540E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540E2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540E2	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1874DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.236 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57eec',
    500: '#a540e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540e2;
$custom-light: #c57eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.407,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58533,
    "c": 0.23601,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540E2

secondary

#B7E09E

accent

#F0387D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540E2

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

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