#A555DE#A555DE

#A555DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.206 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A555DE
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 56.37, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 80.24, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1276 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.206 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9477, 19.7707, 71.2262)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A555DE #8EDE55

analogous

#6055DE #A555DE #DE55D3

triadic

#A555DE #DEA555 #55DEA5

tetradic

#A555DE #DE6055 #8EDE55 #55D3DE

square

#A555DE #DE6055 #8EDE55 #55D3DE

split-complementary

#A555DE #D3DE55 #55DE60

monochromatic

#671E9B #8928CE #A555DE #C088E8 #DBBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A555DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A555DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A555DE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A555DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A555DE	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B78E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a555de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.206 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c389e9',
    500: '#a555de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a555de;
$custom-light: #c389e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a555de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.036,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60687,
    "c": 0.20558,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A555DE

secondary

#C3E2AD

accent

#CF1663

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A555DE

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

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