#A455E6#A455E6

#A455E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.214 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A455E6
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 57.94, -61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 84.15, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1259 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.214 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8382, 20.1030, 76.9979)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A455E6 #97E655

analogous

#5C55E6 #A455E6 #E655DF

triadic

#A455E6 #E6A455 #55E6A4

tetradic

#A455E6 #E65C55 #97E655 #55DFE6

square

#A455E6 #E65C55 #97E655 #55DFE6

split-complementary

#A455E6 #DFE655 #55E65C

monochromatic

#6719A8 #8721DD #A455E6 #C18AEE #DDC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A455E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A455E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A455E6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A455E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A455E6	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a455e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.214 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389ef',
    500: '#a455e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a455e6;
$custom-light: #c389ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a455e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.69,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61092,
    "c": 0.21376,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A455E6

secondary

#C9E6B1

accent

#D60F6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A455E6

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

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