#A555BB#A555BB

#A555BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.169 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A555BB
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 48.88, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 63.29, 320.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1267 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.169 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7340, 18.0853, 49.0340)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A555BB #6BBB55

analogous

#7255BB #A555BB #BB559E

triadic

#A555BB #BBA555 #55BBA5

tetradic

#A555BB #BB7255 #6BBB55 #559EBB

square

#A555BB #BB7255 #6BBB55 #559EBB

split-complementary

#A555BB #9EBB55 #55BB72

monochromatic

#5D2B6B #833C97 #A555BB #BC81CC #D3ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#A555BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#A555BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A555BB

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A555BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A555BB	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4071BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a555bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.169 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c288d0',
    500: '#a555bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a555bb;
$custom-light: #c288d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a555bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.059,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58606,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A555BB

secondary

#A9CCA0

accent

#D35570

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A555BB

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

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