#A557E0#A557E0

#A557E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.205 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557E0
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 224)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 55.83, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 80.12, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1252 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.205 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3770, 20.1980, 72.6995)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557E0 #92E057

analogous

#6057E0 #A557E0 #E057D6

triadic

#A557E0 #E0A557 #57E0A5

tetradic

#A557E0 #E06057 #92E057 #57D6E0

square

#A557E0 #E06057 #92E057 #57D6E0

split-complementary

#A557E0 #D6E057 #57E060

monochromatic

#671D9F #8927D3 #A557E0 #C18BEA #DCBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#A557E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#A557E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557E0

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557E0	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F79E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.205 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38aea',
    500: '#a557e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557e0;
$custom-light: #c38aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.161,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61077,
    "c": 0.20491,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557E0

secondary

#C6E3B0

accent

#D11566

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557E0

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

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