#A557CD#A557CD

#A557CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.185 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557CD
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 51.64, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 70.80, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1252 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.185 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9428, 19.2243, 59.8791)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557CD #7FCD57

analogous

#6A57CD #A557CD #CD57BA

triadic

#A557CD #CDA557 #57CDA5

tetradic

#A557CD #CD6A57 #7FCD57 #57BACD

square

#A557CD #CD6A57 #7FCD57 #57BACD

split-complementary

#A557CD #BACD57 #57CD6A

monochromatic

#642783 #8835B2 #A557CD #BE86DB #D8B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A557CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#A557CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557CD

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557CD	1.00	4.33	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.185 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38add',
    500: '#a557cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557cd;
$custom-light: #c38add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59909,
    "c": 0.18467,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557CD

secondary

#B8D8A8

accent

#DD4A7C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557CD

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

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