#A550D5#A550D5

#A550D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.203 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A550D5
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 56.80, -54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 78.57, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1338 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.203 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3937, 18.5414, 64.9156)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A550D5 #80D550

analogous

#6350D5 #A550D5 #D550C2

triadic

#A550D5 #D5A550 #50D5A5

tetradic

#A550D5 #D56350 #80D550 #50C2D5

square

#A550D5 #D56350 #80D550 #50C2D5

split-complementary

#A550D5 #C2D550 #50D563

monochromatic

#64218A #882DBB #A550D5 #BE81E1 #D8B3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A550D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A550D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A550D5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A550D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A550D5	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1173D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4379D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a550d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.203 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c386e3',
    500: '#a550d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a550d5;
$custom-light: #c386e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a550d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.346,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59476,
    "c": 0.20315,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A550D5

secondary

#B9DBA6

accent

#E4437E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A550D5

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

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