#A551DD#A551DD

#A551DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.210 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551DD
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 58.07, -57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 81.91, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1323 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.21 309)
XYZ	xyz(31.5080, 19.1052, 70.4204)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551DD #89DD51

analogous

#5F51DD #A551DD #DD51CF

triadic

#A551DD #DDA551 #51DDA5

tetradic

#A551DD #DD5F51 #89DD51 #51CFDD

square

#A551DD #DD5F51 #89DD51 #51CFDD

split-complementary

#A551DD #CFDD51 #51DD5F

monochromatic

#661D96 #8927C9 #A551DD #BF84E7 #DAB7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#A551DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#A551DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551DD

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551DD	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.210 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487e8',
    500: '#a551dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551dd;
$custom-light: #c487e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60113,
    "c": 0.21001,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.19105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551DD

secondary

#BFE0AA

accent

#EA3E83

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551DD

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

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