#A557E8#A557E8

#A557E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.213 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557E8
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 57.65, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 84.05, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1248 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.213 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4876, 20.6422, 78.5485)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557E8 #9AE857

analogous

#5D57E8 #A557E8 #E857E2

triadic

#A557E8 #E8A557 #57E8A5

tetradic

#A557E8 #E85D57 #9AE857 #57E2E8

square

#A557E8 #E85D57 #9AE857 #57E2E8

split-complementary

#A557E8 #E2E857 #57E85D

monochromatic

#6818AD #8821E1 #A557E8 #C28DEF #DFC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A557E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A557E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557E8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557E8	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.213 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48bf0',
    500: '#a557e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557e8;
$custom-light: #c48bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.276,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.21345,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557E8

secondary

#CBE8B3

accent

#D80D6B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557E8

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

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