#A551D8#A551D8

#A551D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.205 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551D8
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 56.98, -55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 79.48, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1325 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.205 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8518, 18.8427, 66.9642)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551D8 #84D851

analogous

#6151D8 #A551D8 #D851C8

triadic

#A551D8 #D8A551 #51D8A5

tetradic

#A551D8 #D86151 #84D851 #51C8D8

square

#A551D8 #D86151 #84D851 #51C8D8

split-complementary

#A551D8 #C8D851 #51D861

monochromatic

#65208F #882BC1 #A551D8 #BF83E3 #D9B5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A551D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A551D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551D8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551D8	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B74DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.205 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c387e5',
    500: '#a551d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551d8;
$custom-light: #c387e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59792,
    "c": 0.20484,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551D8

secondary

#BCDDA8

accent

#E64180

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551D8

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

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