#A455E8#A455E8

#A455E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.216 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A455E8
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 58.40, -61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 85.13, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1258 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.216 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1207, 20.2160, 78.4855)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A455E8 #99E855

analogous

#5B55E8 #A455E8 #E855E3

triadic

#A455E8 #E8A455 #55E8A4

tetradic

#A455E8 #E85B55 #99E855 #55E3E8

square

#A455E8 #E85B55 #99E855 #55E3E8

split-complementary

#A455E8 #E3E855 #55E85B

monochromatic

#6717AB #871FE1 #A455E8 #C18BEF #DEC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A455E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A455E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A455E8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A455E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A455E8	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a455e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.216 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389f0',
    500: '#a455e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a455e8;
$custom-light: #c389f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a455e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.245,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61225,
    "c": 0.21589,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A455E8

secondary

#CAE7B1

accent

#D80D6B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A455E8

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

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