#A740BE#A740BE

#A740BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.203 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A740BE
RGB	rgb(167, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 59.77, -46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 75.99, 321.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1553 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.203 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0628, 15.6013, 50.2910)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A740BE #57BE40

analogous

#6840BE #A740BE #BE4096

triadic

#A740BE #BEA740 #40BEA7

tetradic

#A740BE #BE6840 #57BE40 #4096BE

square

#A740BE #BE6840 #57BE40 #4096BE

split-complementary

#A740BE #96BE40 #40BE68

monochromatic

#572162 #7F3190 #A740BE #BC6DCE #D19BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A740BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A740BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A740BE

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A740BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A740BE	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1567C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A72BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a740be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.203 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47dd2',
    500: '#a740be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a740be;
$custom-light: #c47dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a740be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.048,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56424,
    "c": 0.20332,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A740BE

secondary

#9BC990

accent

#D94F68

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A740BE

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

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