#A740CD#A740CD

#A740CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.217 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A740CD
RGB	rgb(167, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 62.70, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 82.86, 319.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1546 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.217 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7874, 16.2911, 59.3739)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A740CD #66CD40

analogous

#6140CD #A740CD #CD40AC

triadic

#A740CD #CDA740 #40CDA7

tetradic

#A740CD #CD6140 #66CD40 #40ACCD

square

#A740CD #CD6140 #66CD40 #40ACCD

split-complementary

#A740CD #ACCD40 #40CD61

monochromatic

#5D1E74 #842BA5 #A740CD #BD71DA #D4A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#A740CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A740CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A740CD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A740CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A740CD	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D73CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a740cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.217 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57ddd',
    500: '#a740cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a740cd;
$custom-light: #c57ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a740cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.83,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57365,
    "c": 0.21706,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A740CD

secondary

#A6D396

accent

#E24670

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A740CD

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

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