#A555E9#A555E9

#A555E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.217 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A555E9
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 58.84, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 85.63, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.127 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.217 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4703, 20.3798, 79.2454)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A555E9 #99E955

analogous

#5B55E9 #A555E9 #E955E3

triadic

#A555E9 #E9A555 #55E9A5

tetradic

#A555E9 #E95B55 #99E955 #55E3E9

square

#A555E9 #E95B55 #99E955 #55E3E9

split-complementary

#A555E9 #E3E955 #55E95B

monochromatic

#6816AD #881FE2 #A555E9 #C28BF0 #DEC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A555E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A555E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A555E9

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A555E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A555E9	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a555e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.217 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c489f1',
    500: '#a555e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a555e9;
$custom-light: #c489f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a555e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61403,
    "c": 0.21718,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A555E9

secondary

#CBE8B2

accent

#D90C6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A555E9

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

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