#A551E0#A551E0

#A551E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.213 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551E0
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 224)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 63.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 58.73, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 83.37, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1321 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.213 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9113, 19.2665, 72.5443)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551E0 #8CE051

analogous

#5E51E0 #A551E0 #E051D3

triadic

#A551E0 #E0A551 #51E0A5

tetradic

#A551E0 #E05E51 #8CE051 #51D3E0

square

#A551E0 #E05E51 #8CE051 #51D3E0

split-complementary

#A551E0 #D3E051 #51E05E

monochromatic

#661C9B #8925CF #A551E0 #C085E9 #DBB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A551E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A551E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551E0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551E0	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.213 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487ea',
    500: '#a551e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551e0;
$custom-light: #c487ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.245,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60308,
    "c": 0.21311,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551E0

secondary

#C2E2AB

accent

#ED3B84

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551E0

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

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