#A455E4#A455E4

#A455E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.212 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A455E4
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 57.49, -60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 83.17, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1261 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.212 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5590, 19.9913, 75.5272)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A455E4 #95E455

analogous

#5D55E4 #A455E4 #E455DD

triadic

#A455E4 #E4A455 #55E4A4

tetradic

#A455E4 #E45D55 #95E455 #55DDE4

square

#A455E4 #E45D55 #95E455 #55DDE4

split-complementary

#A455E4 #DDE455 #55E45D

monochromatic

#671AA4 #8723D9 #A455E4 #C08AEC #DDBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#A455E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#A455E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A455E4

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A455E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A455E4	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a455e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.212 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389ed',
    500: '#a455e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a455e4;
$custom-light: #c389ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a455e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.147,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60961,
    "c": 0.21165,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A455E4

secondary

#C8E5B0

accent

#D51168

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A455E4

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

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