#A551E1#A551E1

#A551E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.214 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551E1
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 58.95, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 83.85, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1321 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.214 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0473, 19.3209, 73.2606)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551E1 #8DE151

analogous

#5D51E1 #A551E1 #E151D5

triadic

#A551E1 #E1A551 #51E1A5

tetradic

#A551E1 #E15D51 #8DE151 #51D5E1

square

#A551E1 #E15D51 #8DE151 #51D5E1

split-complementary

#A551E1 #D5E151 #51E15D

monochromatic

#671B9D #8924D1 #A551E1 #C085EA #DBB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A551E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#A551E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551E1

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551E1	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.214 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487eb',
    500: '#a551e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551e1;
$custom-light: #c487eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60373,
    "c": 0.21415,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551E1

secondary

#C2E3AB

accent

#ED3A85

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551E1

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

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