#A557BB#A557BB

#A557BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.166 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557BB
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 47.86, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 62.11, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.124 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.166 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8937, 18.4046, 49.0872)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557BB #6DBB57

analogous

#7357BB #A557BB #BB579F

triadic

#A557BB #BBA557 #57BBA5

tetradic

#A557BB #BB7357 #6DBB57 #579FBB

square

#A557BB #BB7357 #6DBB57 #579FBB

split-complementary

#A557BB #9FBB57 #57BB73

monochromatic

#5E2C6C #843D97 #A557BB #BC83CD #D4AEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#A557BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#A557BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557BB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557BB	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4372BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.166 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28ad0',
    500: '#a557bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557bb;
$custom-light: #c28ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58888,
    "c": 0.16578,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557BB

secondary

#ABCCA2

accent

#D25671

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557BB

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

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