#A551CB#A551CB

#A551CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.191 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551CB
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 60.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 54.19, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 73.20, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1327 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.191 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2372, 18.1968, 58.4605)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551CB #77CB51

analogous

#6851CB #A551CB #CB51B4

triadic

#A551CB #CBA551 #51CBA5

tetradic

#A551CB #CB6851 #77CB51 #51B4CB

square

#A551CB #CB6851 #77CB51 #51B4CB

split-complementary

#A551CB #B4CB51 #51CB68

monochromatic

#61257C #8633AC #A551CB #BD80D9 #D6AFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#A551CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#A551CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551CB

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551CB	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2872CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C78C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.191 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c386db',
    500: '#a551cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551cb;
$custom-light: #c386db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.311,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58987,
    "c": 0.19147,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551CB

secondary

#B2D5A3

accent

#DD4A78

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551CB

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

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