#A055E5#A055E5

#A055E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.212 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A055E5
RGB	rgb(160, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 56.84, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 83.64, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1209 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.212 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8854, 19.6279, 76.2223)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A055E5 #9AE555

analogous

#5855E5 #A055E5 #E555E2

triadic

#A055E5 #E5A055 #55E5A0

tetradic

#A055E5 #E55855 #9AE555 #55E2E5

square

#A055E5 #E55855 #9AE555 #55E2E5

split-complementary

#A055E5 #E2E555 #55E558

monochromatic

#6319A6 #8222DB #A055E5 #BE8AED #DBBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A055E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A055E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A055E5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A055E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A055E5	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a055e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.212 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189ee',
    500: '#a055e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a055e5;
$custom-light: #c189ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a055e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60578,
    "c": 0.21171,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A055E5

secondary

#CAE6B0

accent

#D6106F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A055E5

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

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