#A551CD#A551CD

#A551CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.194 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551CD
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 54.61, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 74.17, 317.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1327 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.194 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4770, 18.2928, 59.7238)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551CD #79CD51

analogous

#6751CD #A551CD #CD51B7

triadic

#A551CD #CDA551 #51CDA5

tetradic

#A551CD #CD6751 #79CD51 #51B7CD

square

#A551CD #CD6751 #79CD51 #51B7CD

split-complementary

#A551CD #B7CD51 #51CD67

monochromatic

#62257F #8632AF #A551CD #BE81DB #D6B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#A551CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#A551CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551CD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551CD	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2572D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.194 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c386dd',
    500: '#a551cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551cd;
$custom-light: #c386dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.645,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59108,
    "c": 0.19352,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551CD

secondary

#B4D7A3

accent

#DF4979

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551CD

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

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