#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
RGB	rgb(167, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 64.93, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 87.96, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1535 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.227 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1622, 16.8410, 66.6142)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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
##A740D8	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A740D8

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

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