#A551E6#A551E6

#A551E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.219 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551E6
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 60.07, -61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 86.28, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1317 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.219 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7394, 19.5977, 76.9056)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551E6 #92E651

analogous

#5A51E6 #A551E6 #E651DC

triadic

#A551E6 #E6A551 #51E6A5

tetradic

#A551E6 #E65A51 #92E651 #51DCE6

square

#A551E6 #E65A51 #92E651 #51DCE6

split-complementary

#A551E6 #DCE651 #51E65A

monochromatic

#6718A5 #891FDA #A551E6 #C187EE #DCBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A551E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A551E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551E6

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551E6	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.219 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487ef',
    500: '#a551e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551e6;
$custom-light: #c487ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.826,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60705,
    "c": 0.21932,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551E6

secondary

#C6E5AD

accent

#D70E66

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551E6

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

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