#A557C8#A557C8

#A557C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.179 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557C8
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 50.57, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 68.37, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1249 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.179 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3489, 18.9867, 56.7512)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557C8 #7AC857

analogous

#6D57C8 #A557C8 #C857B3

triadic

#A557C8 #C8A557 #57C8A5

tetradic

#A557C8 #C86D57 #7AC857 #57B3C8

square

#A557C8 #C86D57 #7AC857 #57B3C8

split-complementary

#A557C8 #B3C857 #57C86D

monochromatic

#62297C #8738AA #A557C8 #BE85D7 #D6B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A557C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A557C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557C8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557C8	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3874CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.179 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28ad9',
    500: '#a557c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557c8;
$custom-light: #c28ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.416,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59617,
    "c": 0.17938,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557C8

secondary

#B5D5A6

accent

#DA4E79

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →