#A551EF#A551EF

#A551EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.229 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A551EF
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 66.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 62.09, -66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 90.65, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1309 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.229 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0360, 20.1164, 83.7344)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A551EF #9BEF51

analogous

#5651EF #A551EF #EF51EA

triadic

#A551EF #EFA551 #51EFA5

tetradic

#A551EF #EF5651 #9BEF51 #51EAEF

square

#A551EF #EF5651 #9BEF51 #51EAEF

split-complementary

#A551EF #EAEF51 #51EF56

monochromatic

#6811B5 #8819EA #A551EF #C289F4 #DFC1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A551EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A551EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A551EF

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A551EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A551EF	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D7CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a551ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.229 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c587f5',
    500: '#a551ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a551ef;
$custom-light: #c587f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a551ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 83.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61315,
    "c": 0.22861,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A551EF

secondary

#CCEAB1

accent

#E0066C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A551EF

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

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