#A455E7#A455E7

#A455E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.215 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A455E7
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 58.17, -61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 84.64, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1259 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.215 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9790, 20.1593, 77.7396)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A455E7 #98E755

analogous

#5B55E7 #A455E7 #E755E1

triadic

#A455E7 #E7A455 #55E7A4

tetradic

#A455E7 #E75B55 #98E755 #55E1E7

square

#A455E7 #E75B55 #98E755 #55E1E7

split-complementary

#A455E7 #E1E755 #55E75B

monochromatic

#6718AA #8720DF #A455E7 #C18BEF #DDC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A455E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A455E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A455E7

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A455E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A455E7	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a455e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.215 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389ef',
    500: '#a455e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a455e7;
$custom-light: #c389ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a455e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.466,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61158,
    "c": 0.21482,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A455E7

secondary

#CAE7B1

accent

#D70E6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A455E7

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

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