#A557EA#A557EA

#A557EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.216 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A557EA
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(272, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 58.10, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 85.04, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1247 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.216 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7733, 20.7565, 80.0531)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A557EA #9CEA57

analogous

#5B57EA #A557EA #EA57E5

triadic

#A557EA #EAA557 #57EAA5

tetradic

#A557EA #EA5B57 #9CEA57 #57E5EA

square

#A557EA #EA5B57 #9CEA57 #57E5EA

split-complementary

#A557EA #E5EA57 #57EA5B

monochromatic

#6816B1 #8821E3 #A557EA #C28DF1 #DFC4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A557EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A557EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A557EA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A557EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A557EA	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a557ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.216 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48bf1',
    500: '#a557ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a557ea;
$custom-light: #c48bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a557ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61726,
    "c": 0.21558,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A557EA

secondary

#CDE9B4

accent

#DA0B6C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A557EA

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

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