#A551EC#A551EC

#A551EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.226 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551EC
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 236)
HSL	hsl(273, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 65.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, 61.41, -64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 89.20, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.1312 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.226 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5965, 19.9406, 81.4196)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A551EC #98EC51

analogous

#5851EC #A551EC #EC51E6

triadic

#A551EC #ECA551 #51ECA5

tetradic

#A551EC #EC5851 #98EC51 #51E6EC

square

#A551EC #EC5851 #98EC51 #51E6EC

split-complementary

#A551EC #E6EC51 #51EC58

monochromatic

#6813AF #881AE6 #A551EC #C288F2 #DEBFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#A551EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#A551EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551EC

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551EC	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#247CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.226 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c587f3',
    500: '#a551ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551ec;
$custom-light: #c587f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.516,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6111,
    "c": 0.22551,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551EC

secondary

#CAE9B0

accent

#DD096A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551EC

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

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