#A455E2#A455E2

#A455E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.210 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A455E2
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 57.04, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 82.19, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1262 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.21 307)
XYZ	xyz(32.2829, 19.8809, 74.0735)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A455E2 #93E255

analogous

#5D55E2 #A455E2 #E255D9

triadic

#A455E2 #E2A455 #55E2A4

tetradic

#A455E2 #E25D55 #93E255 #55D9E2

square

#A455E2 #E25D55 #93E255 #55D9E2

split-complementary

#A455E2 #D9E255 #55E25D

monochromatic

#661BA1 #8824D5 #A455E2 #C089EB #DCBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A455E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A455E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A455E2

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A455E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A455E2	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a455e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.210 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389ec',
    500: '#a455e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a455e2;
$custom-light: #c389ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a455e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.617,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6083,
    "c": 0.20952,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.1988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A455E2

secondary

#C6E4AF

accent

#D31367

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A455E2

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

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