#A540E3#A540E3

#A540E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.237 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A540E3
RGB	rgb(165, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 66.83, -64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 93.12, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.1495 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.237 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2128, 17.2128, 74.3363)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A540E3 #7EE340

analogous

#5440E3 #A540E3 #E340CF

triadic

#A540E3 #E3A540 #40E3A5

tetradic

#A540E3 #E35440 #7EE340 #40CFE3

square

#A540E3 #E35440 #7EE340 #40CFE3

split-complementary

#A540E3 #CFE340 #40E354

monochromatic

#631693 #871DC8 #A540E3 #BE75EB #D7ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A540E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A540E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A540E3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A540E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A540E3	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1475E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a540e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.237 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57eed',
    500: '#a540e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a540e3;
$custom-light: #c57eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a540e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.178,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58603,
    "c": 0.23695,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A540E3

secondary

#B7E19E

accent

#F1377E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A540E3

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

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