#A455E5#A455E5

#A455E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.213 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A455E5
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 57.72, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 83.66, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.126 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.213 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6982, 20.0470, 76.2604)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A455E5 #96E555

analogous

#5C55E5 #A455E5 #E555DE

triadic

#A455E5 #E5A455 #55E5A4

tetradic

#A455E5 #E55C55 #96E555 #55DEE5

square

#A455E5 #E55C55 #96E555 #55DEE5

split-complementary

#A455E5 #DEE555 #55E55C

monochromatic

#6719A6 #8722DB #A455E5 #C08AED #DDBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A455E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A455E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A455E5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A455E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A455E5	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a455e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.213 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389ee',
    500: '#a455e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a455e5;
$custom-light: #c389ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a455e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61026,
    "c": 0.21271,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A455E5

secondary

#C8E6B0

accent

#D61069

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A455E5

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

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