#A555E7#A555E7

#A555E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.215 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A555E7
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 58.39, -61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 84.65, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1272 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.215 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1863, 20.2662, 77.7493)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A555E7 #97E755

analogous

#5C55E7 #A555E7 #E755E0

triadic

#A555E7 #E7A555 #55E7A5

tetradic

#A555E7 #E75C55 #97E755 #55E0E7

square

#A555E7 #E75C55 #97E755 #55E0E7

split-complementary

#A555E7 #E0E755 #55E75C

monochromatic

#6818AA #8920DF #A555E7 #C18BEF #DEC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A555E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A555E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A555E7

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A555E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A555E7	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a555e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.215 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489ef',
    500: '#a555e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a555e7;
$custom-light: #c489ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a555e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.877,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61271,
    "c": 0.21508,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A555E7

secondary

#C9E7B1

accent

#D70E69

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A555E7

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

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