#A557E1#A557E1

#A557E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.206 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557E1
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 56.06, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 80.61, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1251 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.206 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5130, 20.2524, 73.4159)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557E1 #93E157

analogous

#6057E1 #A557E1 #E157D8

triadic

#A557E1 #E1A557 #57E1A5

tetradic

#A557E1 #E16057 #93E157 #57D8E1

square

#A557E1 #E16057 #93E157 #57D8E1

split-complementary

#A557E1 #D8E157 #57E160

monochromatic

#671DA1 #8926D5 #A557E1 #C18BEA #DDBFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#A557E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#A557E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557E1

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557E1	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B79E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.206 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48aeb',
    500: '#a557e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557e1;
$custom-light: #c48aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61141,
    "c": 0.20598,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557E1

secondary

#C7E4B0

accent

#D21466

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557E1

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

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