#A55AAA#A55AAA

#A55AAA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.144 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55AAA
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 170)
HSL	hsl(296, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 47.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 42.92, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 52.39, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1174 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.144 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4283, 18.2152, 40.1462)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55AAA #5FAA5A

analogous

#7D5AAA #A55AAA #AA5A87

triadic

#A55AAA #AAA55A #5AAAA5

tetradic

#A55AAA #AA7D5A #5FAA5A #5A87AA

square

#A55AAA #AA7D5A #5FAA5A #5A87AA

split-complementary

#A55AAA #87AA5A #5AAA7D

monochromatic

#582F5B #7F4483 #A55AAA #BB82BF #D1ABD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#A55AAA on #FFFFFF

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On black

4.64

#A55AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #A55AAA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A55AAA	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5170AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8637A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.144 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18bc3',
    500: '#a55aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55aaa;
$custom-light: #c18bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58452,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55AAA

secondary

#A0C29E

accent

#C86066

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55AAA

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

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