#A055E6#A055E6

#A055E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.213 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A055E6
RGB	rgb(160, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 57.07, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 84.13, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1208 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.213 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0255, 19.6839, 76.9598)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A055E6 #9BE655

analogous

#5855E6 #A055E6 #E655E4

triadic

#A055E6 #E6A055 #55E6A0

tetradic

#A055E6 #E65855 #9BE655 #55E4E6

square

#A055E6 #E65855 #9BE655 #55E4E6

split-complementary

#A055E6 #E4E655 #55E658

monochromatic

#6319A8 #8221DD #A055E6 #BE8AEE #DCC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A055E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#A055E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A055E6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A055E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A055E6	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a055e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.213 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189ef',
    500: '#a055e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a055e6;
$custom-light: #c189ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a055e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60644,
    "c": 0.21279,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A055E6

secondary

#CAE6B1

accent

#D60F6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A055E6

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

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