#A557D8#A557D8

#A557D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.196 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557D8
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 216)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 59.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 54.05, -53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 76.19, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1253 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.196 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3175, 19.7742, 67.1194)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557D8 #8AD857

analogous

#6557D8 #A557D8 #D857CB

triadic

#A557D8 #D8A557 #57D8A5

tetradic

#A557D8 #D86557 #8AD857 #57CBD8

square

#A557D8 #D86557 #8AD857 #57CBD8

split-complementary

#A557D8 #CBD857 #57D865

monochromatic

#662293 #892EC4 #A557D8 #C089E4 #DABAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A557D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A557D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557D8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557D8	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2378DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.196 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ae5',
    500: '#a557d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557d8;
$custom-light: #c38ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60575,
    "c": 0.19637,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557D8

secondary

#C0DFAC

accent

#E54283

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557D8

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

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