#A740D5#A740D5

#A740D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.224 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A740D5
RGB	rgb(167, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 64.32, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 86.56, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.1538 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.224 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7779, 16.6873, 64.5902)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A740D5 #6ED540

analogous

#5D40D5 #A740D5 #D540B8

triadic

#A740D5 #D5A740 #40D5A7

tetradic

#A740D5 #D55D40 #6ED540 #40B8D5

square

#A740D5 #D55D40 #6ED540 #40B8D5

split-complementary

#A740D5 #B8D540 #40D55D

monochromatic

#601C7F #8627B1 #A740D5 #BE72E0 #D5A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#A740D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#A740D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A740D5

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A740D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A740D5	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3474D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a740d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.224 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57de3',
    500: '#a740d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a740d5;
$custom-light: #c57de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a740d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.477,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.22447,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A740D5

secondary

#ACD899

accent

#E74174

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A740D5

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

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