#A055E0#A055E0

#A055E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.206 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A055E0
RGB	rgb(160, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 55.69, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 81.16, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1211 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.206 306)
XYZ	xyz(31.1974, 19.3527, 72.5985)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A055E0 #95E055

analogous

#5A55E0 #A055E0 #E055DA

triadic

#A055E0 #E0A055 #55E0A0

tetradic

#A055E0 #E05A55 #95E055 #55DAE0

square

#A055E0 #E05A55 #95E055 #55DAE0

split-complementary

#A055E0 #DAE055 #55E05A

monochromatic

#621D9E #8326D2 #A055E0 #BD89E9 #DABDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A055E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#A055E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A055E0

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A055E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A055E0	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a055e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.206 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c089ea',
    500: '#a055e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a055e0;
$custom-light: #c089ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a055e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.374,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60248,
    "c": 0.20633,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.19352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A055E0

secondary

#C6E3AE

accent

#D1146B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A055E0

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

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