#A557DD#A557DD

#A557DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.202 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557DD
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 55.16, -56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 78.64, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1252 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.202 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9738, 20.0367, 70.5757)
Luminance	0.2004 (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

#A557DD #8FDD57

analogous

#6257DD #A557DD #DD57D2

triadic

#A557DD #DDA557 #57DDA5

tetradic

#A557DD #DD6257 #8FDD57 #57D2DD

square

#A557DD #DD6257 #8FDD57 #57D2DD

split-complementary

#A557DD #D2DD57 #57DD62

monochromatic

#671F9A #892ACD #A557DD #C08AE7 #DCBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#A557DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#A557DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557DD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557DD	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1979E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.202 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38ae8',
    500: '#a557dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557dd;
$custom-light: #c38ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.925,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60887,
    "c": 0.2017,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557DD

secondary

#C4E1AE

accent

#CE1764

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557DD

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

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