#A740D8#A740D8

#A740D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.227 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A740D8
RGBrgb(167, 64, 216)
HSLhsl(281, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(281, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(22.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(48.06, 64.93, -59.34)
CIE-LCHlch(48.06, 87.96, 317.58°)
OKLaboklab(58.09% 0.1535 -0.1676)
OKLCHoklch(58.09% 0.227 312.5)
XYZxyz(30.1622, 16.8410, 66.6142)
Luminance0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A740D8 #71D840
analogous
#5B40D8 #A740D8 #D840BD
triadic
#A740D8 #D8A740 #40D8A7
tetradic
#A740D8 #D85B40 #71D840 #40BDD8
square
#A740D8 #D85B40 #71D840 #40BDD8
split-complementary
#A740D8 #BDD840 #40D85B
monochromatic
#611B83 #8725B6 #A740D8 #BE73E2 #D6A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81
#A740D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37
#A740D8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A740D8
4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A740D8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A740D81.004.814.374.81
#FFFFFF4.811.0021.001.00
#0000004.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.811.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006DDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3074D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A16188
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a740d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.227 312.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67de5',
    500: '#a740d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a740d8;
$custom-light: #c67de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a740d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.658,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.22726,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A740D8
secondary
#AFDA9A
accent
#E93F76
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFC
border
#D2CAD5
text
#130A16
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#A740D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva