#A500FF#A500FF

#A500FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.298 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A500FF
RGB	rgb(165, 0, 255)
HSL	hsl(279, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(279, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 100%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 86.45, -84.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 121.13, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1731 -0.2422)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.298 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5629, 15.2196, 95.7579)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A500FF #5AFF00

analogous

#2600FF #A500FF #FF00D9

triadic

#A500FF #FFA500 #00FFA5

tetradic

#A500FF #FF2600 #5AFF00 #00D9FF

square

#A500FF #FF2600 #5AFF00 #00D9FF

split-complementary

#A500FF #D9FF00 #00FF26

monochromatic

#560085 #7D00C2 #A500FF #BB3DFF #D07AFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A500FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A500FF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A500FF

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A500FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A500FF	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a500ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 0, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.298 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86dff',
    500: '#a500ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a500ff;
$custom-light: #c86dff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a500ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57478,
    "c": 0.29767,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A500FF

secondary

#9DE774

accent

#FF2974

background

#FDF7FF

surface

#FAEDFF

border

#D3C8D7

text

#140918

muted

#837B86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A500FF

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

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