#A555EF#A555EF

#A555EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.224 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A555EF
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 60.21, -64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 88.56, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1266 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.224 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3420, 20.7285, 83.8364)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A555EF #9FEF55

analogous

#5855EF #A555EF #EF55EC

triadic

#A555EF #EFA555 #55EFA5

tetradic

#A555EF #EF5855 #9FEF55 #55ECEF

square

#A555EF #EF5855 #9FEF55 #55ECEF

split-complementary

#A555EF #ECEF55 #55EF58

monochromatic

#6811B8 #871DEA #A555EF #C38DF4 #E0C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A555EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A555EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A555EF

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A555EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A555EF	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a555ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.224 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58af5',
    500: '#a555ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a555ef;
$custom-light: #c58af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a555ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.169,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61806,
    "c": 0.22352,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A555EF

secondary

#CFEBB5

accent

#DF066F

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A555EF

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

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