#A551DB#A551DB

#A551DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.208 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551DB
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 57.63, -56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 80.94, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1324 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.208 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2432, 18.9992, 69.0254)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551DB #87DB51

analogous

#6051DB #A551DB #DB51CC

triadic

#A551DB #DBA551 #51DBA5

tetradic

#A551DB #DB6051 #87DB51 #51CCDB

square

#A551DB #DB6051 #87DB51 #51CCDB

split-complementary

#A551DB #CCDB51 #51DB60

monochromatic

#651E93 #8829C6 #A551DB #BF84E5 #D9B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A551DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A551DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551DB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551DB	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.208 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487e7',
    500: '#a551db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551db;
$custom-light: #c487e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59984,
    "c": 0.20795,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551DB

secondary

#BEDFA9

accent

#E93F81

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551DB

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

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