#A740E1#A740E1

#A740E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.236 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A740E1
RGB	rgb(167, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 66.79, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 92.15, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1524 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.236 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3577, 17.3192, 72.9106)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A740E1 #7AE140

analogous

#5740E1 #A740E1 #E140CB

triadic

#A740E1 #E1A740 #40E1A7

tetradic

#A740E1 #E15740 #7AE140 #40CBE1

square

#A740E1 #E15740 #7AE140 #40CBE1

split-complementary

#A740E1 #CBE140 #40E157

monochromatic

#641790 #891FC5 #A740E1 #BF75E9 #D8AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A740E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A740E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A740E1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A740E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A740E1	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2075DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a740e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.236 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67eeb',
    500: '#a740e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a740e1;
$custom-light: #c67eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a740e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.385,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58711,
    "c": 0.23564,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A740E1

secondary

#B5DF9D

accent

#F0387A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A740E1

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

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