Violet Red#A50055

#A50055 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.189 H 0.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Violet Red — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A50055
RGB	rgb(165, 0, 85)
HSL	hsl(329, 100%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(329, 100%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 48.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.32, 61.39, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.32, 61.39, 0.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% 0.1893 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.189 0.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1583, 8.6577, 9.3602)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A50055 #00A550

analogous

#A300A5 #A50055 #A50002

triadic

#A50055 #55A500 #0055A5

tetradic

#A50055 #A5A300 #00A550 #0002A5

square

#A50055 #A5A300 #00A550 #0002A5

split-complementary

#A50055 #02A500 #00A5A3

monochromatic

#2B0016 #680035 #A50055 #E20075 #FF2093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#A50055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#A50055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A50055

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A50055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A50055	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a50055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 0, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.189 0.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66384',
    500: '#a50055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a50055;
$custom-light: #c66384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a50055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.091,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46735,
    "c": 0.18931,
    "h": 0.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A50055

secondary

#28D97E

accent

#FF9129

background

#FDF6F8

surface

#FAEBEF

border

#D3C6CA

text

#14060A

muted

#837A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A50055

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

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