#A155E5#A155E5

#A155E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.212 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A155E5
RGB	rgb(161, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 57.06, -61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 83.64, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1222 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.212 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0862, 19.7314, 76.2317)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A155E5 #99E555

analogous

#5955E5 #A155E5 #E555E1

triadic

#A155E5 #E5A155 #55E5A1

tetradic

#A155E5 #E55955 #99E555 #55E1E5

square

#A155E5 #E55955 #99E555 #55E1E5

split-complementary

#A155E5 #E1E555 #55E559

monochromatic

#6419A6 #8422DB #A155E5 #BE8AED #DCBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A155E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A155E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A155E5

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A155E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A155E5	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a155e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.212 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189ee',
    500: '#a155e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a155e5;
$custom-light: #c189ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a155e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60689,
    "c": 0.21195,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A155E5

secondary

#C9E6B0

accent

#D6106D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A155E5

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

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