#A551EB#A551EB

#A551EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.224 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551EB
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 65.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 61.19, -64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 88.71, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1313 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.224 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4516, 19.8826, 80.6566)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A551EB #97EB51

analogous

#5851EB #A551EB #EB51E4

triadic

#A551EB #EBA551 #51EBA5

tetradic

#A551EB #EB5851 #97EB51 #51E4EB

square

#A551EB #EB5851 #97EB51 #51E4EB

split-complementary

#A551EB #E4EB51 #51EB58

monochromatic

#6814AE #891AE5 #A551EB #C188F1 #DEBFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A551EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A551EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551EB

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551EB	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.224 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c487f2',
    500: '#a551eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551eb;
$custom-light: #c487f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61042,
    "c": 0.22448,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551EB

secondary

#C9E8B0

accent

#DC0A69

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551EB

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

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