#A55AA4#A55AA4

#A55AA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.138 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AA4
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 164)
HSL	hsl(301, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 0.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 41.77, -26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 49.70, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1163 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.138 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8736, 17.9933, 37.2250)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AA4 #5AA55B

analogous

#815AA5 #A55AA4 #A55A7E

triadic

#A55AA4 #A4A55A #5AA4A5

tetradic

#A55AA4 #A5815A #5AA55B #5A7EA5

square

#A55AA4 #A5815A #5AA55B #5A7EA5

split-complementary

#A55AA4 #7EA55A #5AA581

monochromatic

#562F55 #7D447D #A55AA4 #BB82BA #D0A9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#A55AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#A55AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AA4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AA4	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.138 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bbf',
    500: '#a55aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55aa4;
$custom-light: #c18bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.8,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58165,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AA4

secondary

#9DBE9D

accent

#C66362

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AA4

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

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