#A557E7#A557E7

#A557E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.212 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557E7
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 57.42, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 83.56, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1249 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.212 306)
XYZ	xyz(33.3459, 20.5855, 77.8025)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557E7 #99E757

analogous

#5D57E7 #A557E7 #E757E1

triadic

#A557E7 #E7A557 #57E7A5

tetradic

#A557E7 #E75D57 #99E757 #57E1E7

square

#A557E7 #E75D57 #99E757 #57E1E7

split-complementary

#A557E7 #E1E757 #57E75D

monochromatic

#6818AB #8821DF #A557E7 #C28DEF #DEC2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A557E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A557E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557E7

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557E7	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.212 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48bef',
    500: '#a557e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557e7;
$custom-light: #c48bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.21238,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.20585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557E7

secondary

#CBE7B3

accent

#D70E6A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557E7

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

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