#A551E2#A551E2

#A551E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.215 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551E2
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 59.17, -60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 84.34, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.132 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.215 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1841, 19.3756, 73.9812)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551E2 #8EE251

analogous

#5D51E2 #A551E2 #E251D6

triadic

#A551E2 #E2A551 #51E2A5

tetradic

#A551E2 #E25D51 #8EE251 #51D6E2

square

#A551E2 #E25D51 #8EE251 #51D6E2

split-complementary

#A551E2 #D6E251 #51E25D

monochromatic

#671A9E #8923D3 #A551E2 #C085EB #DBBAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A551E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A551E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551E2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551E2	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.215 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487ec',
    500: '#a551e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551e2;
$custom-light: #c487ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.759,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60439,
    "c": 0.21518,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551E2

secondary

#C3E3AC

accent

#D31263

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551E2

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

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