#A555CB#A555CB

#A555CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.186 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A555CB
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 58.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 52.22, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 70.97, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1276 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.186 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5432, 18.8089, 58.5626)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A555CB #7BCB55

analogous

#6A55CB #A555CB #CB55B6

triadic

#A555CB #CBA555 #55CBA5

tetradic

#A555CB #CB6A55 #7BCB55 #55B6CB

square

#A555CB #CB6A55 #7BCB55 #55B6CB

split-complementary

#A555CB #B6CB55 #55CB6A

monochromatic

#62277F #8735AE #A555CB #BE84D9 #D7B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A555CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A555CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A555CB

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A555CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A555CB	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3174CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a555cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.186 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389db',
    500: '#a555cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a555cb;
$custom-light: #c389db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a555cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.678,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59518,
    "c": 0.18557,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A555CB

secondary

#B5D6A6

accent

#DD4B7A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A555CB

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

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