#A740D3#A740D3

#A740D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.223 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A740D3
RGB	rgb(167, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 63.91, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 85.64, 318.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.154 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.223 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5256, 16.5864, 63.2616)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A740D3 #6CD340

analogous

#5E40D3 #A740D3 #D340B6

triadic

#A740D3 #D3A740 #40D3A7

tetradic

#A740D3 #D35E40 #6CD340 #40B6D3

square

#A740D3 #D35E40 #6CD340 #40B6D3

split-complementary

#A740D3 #B6D340 #40D35E

monochromatic

#5F1D7C #8628AE #A740D3 #BE72DE #D5A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A740D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A740D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A740D3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A740D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A740D3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a740d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.223 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57de1',
    500: '#a740d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a740d3;
$custom-light: #c57de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a740d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.041,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57759,
    "c": 0.2226,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A740D3

secondary

#ABD798

accent

#E64273

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A740D3

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

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