#A550E6#A550E6

#A550E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.221 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A550E6
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 60.53, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 86.80, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1328 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.221 307)
XYZ	xyz(32.6656, 19.4502, 76.8810)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A550E6 #91E650

analogous

#5A50E6 #A550E6 #E650DC

triadic

#A550E6 #E6A550 #50E6A5

tetradic

#A550E6 #E65A50 #91E650 #50DCE6

square

#A550E6 #E65A50 #91E650 #50DCE6

split-complementary

#A550E6 #DCE650 #50E65A

monochromatic

#6717A4 #891FDA #A550E6 #C186EE #DCBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#A550E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#A550E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A550E6

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A550E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A550E6	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a550e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.221 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c486ef',
    500: '#a550e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a550e6;
$custom-light: #c486ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a550e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60583,
    "c": 0.22061,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.1945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A550E6

secondary

#C5E5AC

accent

#D70E65

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A550E6

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

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