#A551E5#A551E5

#A551E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.218 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551E5
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 59.84, -61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 85.80, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1318 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.218 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5994, 19.5417, 76.1681)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551E5 #91E551

analogous

#5B51E5 #A551E5 #E551DB

triadic

#A551E5 #E5A551 #51E5A5

tetradic

#A551E5 #E55B51 #91E551 #51DBE5

square

#A551E5 #E55B51 #91E551 #51DBE5

split-complementary

#A551E5 #DBE551 #51E55B

monochromatic

#6718A3 #8920D8 #A551E5 #C186ED #DCBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A551E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#A551E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551E5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551E5	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.218 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487ee',
    500: '#a551e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551e5;
$custom-light: #c487ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60638,
    "c": 0.21828,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551E5

secondary

#C5E5AD

accent

#D60F65

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551E5

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

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