#A553E5#A553E5

#A553E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.216 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A553E5
RGB	rgb(165, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 58.90, -60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 84.74, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1295 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.216 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7502, 19.8434, 76.2184)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A553E5 #93E553

analogous

#5C53E5 #A553E5 #E553DC

triadic

#A553E5 #E5A553 #53E5A5

tetradic

#A553E5 #E55C53 #93E553 #53DCE5

square

#A553E5 #E55C53 #93E553 #53DCE5

split-complementary

#A553E5 #DCE553 #53E55C

monochromatic

#6719A5 #8921DA #A553E5 #C188ED #DDBDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A553E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A553E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A553E5

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A553E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A553E5	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a553e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.216 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c488ee',
    500: '#a553e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a553e5;
$custom-light: #c488ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a553e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60886,
    "c": 0.21564,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A553E5

secondary

#C7E5AE

accent

#D61067

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A553E5

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

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