#A551E7#A551E7

#A551E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.220 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551E7
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 60.29, -62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 86.77, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1316 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.22 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8802, 19.6541, 77.6473)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551E7 #93E751

analogous

#5A51E7 #A551E7 #E751DE

triadic

#A551E7 #E7A551 #51E7A5

tetradic

#A551E7 #E75A51 #93E751 #51DEE7

square

#A551E7 #E75A51 #93E751 #51DEE7

split-complementary

#A551E7 #DEE751 #51E75A

monochromatic

#6717A7 #891EDC #A551E7 #C187EE #DDBDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A551E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A551E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551E7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551E7	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.220 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487ef',
    500: '#a551e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551e7;
$custom-light: #c487ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60772,
    "c": 0.22035,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551E7

secondary

#C7E6AE

accent

#D80E67

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551E7

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

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