#A055E9#A055E9

#A055E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.216 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A055E9
RGB	rgb(160, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 57.77, -63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 85.62, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1206 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.216 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4504, 19.8539, 79.1976)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A055E9 #9EE955

analogous

#5655E9 #A055E9 #E955E8

triadic

#A055E9 #E9A055 #55E9A0

tetradic

#A055E9 #E95655 #9EE955 #55E8E9

square

#A055E9 #E95655 #9EE955 #55E8E9

split-complementary

#A055E9 #E8E955 #55E956

monochromatic

#6316AD #821FE2 #A055E9 #BE8BF0 #DDC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A055E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A055E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A055E9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A055E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A055E9	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a055e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.216 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189f1',
    500: '#a055e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a055e9;
$custom-light: #c189f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a055e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.405,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60846,
    "c": 0.21601,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A055E9

secondary

#CDE8B2

accent

#D90C71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A055E9

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

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