#A55AA5#A55AA5

#A55AA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.139 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AA5
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 41.96, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 50.15, 326.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1165 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.139 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9643, 18.0296, 37.7024)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AA5 #5AA55A

analogous

#7F5AA5 #A55AA5 #A55A80

triadic

#A55AA5 #A5A55A #5AA5A5

tetradic

#A55AA5 #A5805A #5AA55A #5A7FA5

square

#A55AA5 #A5805A #5AA55A #5A7FA5

split-complementary

#A55AA5 #80A55A #5AA580

monochromatic

#562F56 #7D447D #A55AA5 #BB82BB #D0A9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#A55AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A55AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A55AA5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AA5	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5470A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.139 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bc0',
    500: '#a55aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55aa5;
$custom-light: #c18bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58212,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AA5

secondary

#9DBE9D

accent

#C66262

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AA5

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

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