#A557DF#A557DF

#A557DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.204 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557DF
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 55.61, -56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 79.63, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.1252 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.204 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2418, 20.1439, 71.9874)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557DF #91DF57

analogous

#6157DF #A557DF #DF57D5

triadic

#A557DF #DFA557 #57DFA5

tetradic

#A557DF #DF6157 #91DF57 #57D5DF

square

#A557DF #DF6157 #91DF57 #57D5DF

split-complementary

#A557DF #D5DF57 #57DF61

monochromatic

#671E9E #8928D1 #A557DF #C18AE9 #DCBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A557DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A557DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557DF

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557DF	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1379E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.204 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38aea',
    500: '#a557df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557df;
$custom-light: #c38aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61013,
    "c": 0.20384,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557DF

secondary

#C5E3AF

accent

#D01665

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557DF

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

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