#A557BD#A557BD

#A557BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.168 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557BD
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 54%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 48.27, -40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 63.07, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1242 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.168 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1093, 18.4909, 50.2227)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557BD #6FBD57

analogous

#7257BD #A557BD #BD57A2

triadic

#A557BD #BDA557 #57BDA5

tetradic

#A557BD #BD7257 #6FBD57 #57A2BD

square

#A557BD #BD7257 #6FBD57 #57A2BD

split-complementary

#A557BD #A2BD57 #57BD72

monochromatic

#5F2B6E #843D9A #A557BD #BD83CE #D4AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#A557BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#A557BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557BD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557BD	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4172C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.168 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28ad1',
    500: '#a557bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557bd;
$custom-light: #c28ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58998,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557BD

secondary

#ACCEA2

accent

#D35472

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557BD

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

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