#A455E1#A455E1

#A455E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.208 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A455E1
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 56.81, -58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 81.69, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1262 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.208 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1461, 19.8261, 73.3529)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A455E1 #92E155

analogous

#5E55E1 #A455E1 #E155D8

triadic

#A455E1 #E1A455 #55E1A4

tetradic

#A455E1 #E15E55 #92E155 #55D8E1

square

#A455E1 #E15E55 #92E155 #55D8E1

split-complementary

#A455E1 #D8E155 #55E15E

monochromatic

#661C9F #8825D3 #A455E1 #C089EA #DCBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A455E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A455E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A455E1

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A455E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A455E1	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a455e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.208 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389eb',
    500: '#a455e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a455e1;
$custom-light: #c389eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a455e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60766,
    "c": 0.20846,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A455E1

secondary

#C5E3AE

accent

#D21467

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A455E1

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

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