#A740DD#A740DD

#A740DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.232 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A740DD
RGB	rgb(167, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 65.96, -61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 90.29, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1529 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.232 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8184, 17.1035, 70.0704)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A740DD #76DD40

analogous

#5840DD #A740DD #DD40C4

triadic

#A740DD #DDA740 #40DDA7

tetradic

#A740DD #DD5840 #76DD40 #40C4DD

square

#A740DD #DD5840 #76DD40 #40C4DD

split-complementary

#A740DD #C4DD40 #40DD58

monochromatic

#63198A #8822BE #A740DD #BF74E6 #D7A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A740DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A740DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A740DD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A740DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A740DD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2875DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a740dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.232 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ee8',
    500: '#a740dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a740dd;
$custom-light: #c67ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a740dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.363,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58434,
    "c": 0.23191,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A740DD

secondary

#B2DD9C

accent

#ED3B78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A740DD

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

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