#A557CF#A557CF

#A557CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.187 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557CF
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 207)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 58%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 52.08, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 71.78, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1252 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.187 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1857, 19.3214, 61.1587)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557CF #81CF57

analogous

#6957CF #A557CF #CF57BD

triadic

#A557CF #CFA557 #57CFA5

tetradic

#A557CF #CF6957 #81CF57 #57BDCF

square

#A557CF #CF6957 #81CF57 #57BDCF

split-complementary

#A557CF #BDCF57 #57CF69

monochromatic

#642685 #8834B5 #A557CF #BE87DD #D8B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A557CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#A557CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557CF

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557CF	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3076D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.187 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ade',
    500: '#a557cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557cf;
$custom-light: #c38ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.1868,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557CF

secondary

#BAD9A9

accent

#DF497D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557CF

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

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